Residential emergency activated locating device (RLD)

• US 20110304473A1
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ayala J. Antonio, John Frederick Hall
• Original Assignee: Ayala J. Antonio, John Frederick Hall
• Inventors: Ayala, J. Antonio, Hall, John Frederick
• Application Number:
  US12/802,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20110304473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/691.8
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/12 Manually actuated calamity alarm transmitting arrangements emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm, activators, e.g. details of alarm push buttons mounted on an infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/064 indicating houses needing emergency help, e.g. with a flashing light or sound

Abstract

An emergency location apparatus is described including a power source, a control panel for one of activating and de-activating a high intensity light and an activation switch. Also described is a method for operating an emergency location apparatus including receiving a signal, determining if the received signal is an activation signal and one of activating a high intensity light and de-activating said high intensity light.

Claims

1. An emergency location apparatus, comprising:

a power source;

a control panel for one of activating and de-activating a high intensity light; and

an activation switch.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said power source is 110 volts of AC power.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control panel transforms, converts, rectifies and conditions power from said power source.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an optional solar power source.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a 12 volt rechargeable uninterruptable power supply battery and an alarm indicative of low battery.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said high intensity light is a strobe light.

7. A method, said method comprising:

receiving a signal;

determining if said received signal is an activation signal; and

one of activating a high intensity light and de-activating said high intensity light.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said high intensity light is one of a pulsating light and a strobe light.