Patent Application
20190193518
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The disclosure and prior art relates to safety devices and more particularly pertains to a new safety device for protecting an unattended occupant in a vehicle from excessive temperatures.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that maybe mounted on a roof of a vehicle. A fan is positioned within the housing and the fan urges air when the fan is turned on. The fan ventilates an interior of the vehicle to reduce a temperature of the interior of the vehicle. In this way an unattended occupant from is inhibited from being injured by excessive temperatures in the vehicle. A temperature sensor is positioned within the vehicle and the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the interior of the vehicle. The temperature sensor is electrically coupled to the fan and the temperature sensor turns the fan on when the temperature sensor senses a trigger temperature.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A fan 30 is positioned within the housing 12 and the fan 30 urges air when the fan 30 is turned on. The fan 30 draws air in through the intake 18 and out through the exhaust 20 to ventilate the interior of the vehicle 16. Thus, the fan 30 reduces a temperature of the interior of the vehicle 16 to inhibit an unattended occupant from being injured by excessive temperatures in the vehicle 16. The vehicle 16 may be a passenger vehicle, a commercial vehicle and any other vehicle with an enclosed cabin. Additionally, the fan 30 may be an electric fan that includes a motor and plurality of blades.
A temperature sensor 32 is provided and the temperature sensor 32 is positioned within the vehicle 16 such that the temperature sensor 32 is in thermal communication with the interior of the vehicle 16. The temperature sensor 32 is electrically coupled to the fan 30 and the temperature sensor 32 turns the fan 30 on when the temperature sensor 32 senses a trigger temperature. The trigger temperature may be any temperature at or above approximately 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, the temperature sensor 32 may be an electronic thermostat of any conventional design.
A solar panel 34 is provided and the solar panel 34 is coupled to the housing 12. The solar panel 34 is positioned on an exterior surface 36 of the housing 12 such that the solar panel 34 is exposed to sunlight. A battery 38 is positioned within the housing 12 and the battery 38 is electrically coupled to the solar panel 34 such that the solar panel 34 charges the battery 38. Moreover, the battery 38 is electrically coupled to the fan 30 and the temperature sensor 32.
In use, the temperature sensor 32 turns the fan 30 on when the temperature sensor 32 senses the trigger temperature in the interior of the vehicle 16. Thus, the fan 30 urges air in the interior of the vehicle 16 outwardly through the exhaust 20 to ventilate the interior of the vehicle 16. In this way the fan 30 lowers the temperature of the interior of the vehicle 16. Additionally, the solar panel 34 and the battery 38 ensure the fan 30 and temperature sensor 32 functions when the vehicle 16 is turned off. Thus, the unattended occupant, such as a child or the like, is protected from a heat injury resulting from excessive temperatures in the vehicle 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
