Battery compartment adapted object locating device

• US 20120262301A1
• Filed: 04/18/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raymond F. Davidson, St. Ledger, John T.
• Original Assignee: Raymond F. Davidson, St. Ledger, John T.
• Inventors: Davidson, Raymond F., St. Ledger, John T.
• Application Number:
  US13/089,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262301A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/657
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

An object locating device containing a transmitter, receiver, and adapted battery. The receiver and adapted battery are sized to correspond to a standard sized battery and fit into the battery compartment of the object to be located. The transmitter, when activated, emits a radio frequency that is received by the receiver. Upon receipt of this signal, receiver emits an audible tone allowing the user to locate a missing object. The receiver includes a power source, circuit board, and voltage bridge. Adapted battery contains an increased voltage to compensate for the loss of power from the receiver, wherein a user will remove two of the existing batteries from the device and replace them with adapted battery and receiver.

Claims

1. A remote object locating device comprising:

a transmitter, the transmitter emitting a radio frequency;

a receiver, the receiver having a size corresponding to a standard battery, and adapted to receive the radio frequency; and

a battery, wherein the receiver and battery will be received within the battery compartment of the object to be located.

2. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver contains a power source, circuit board, and conductor, the conductor acting as a voltage bridge between the battery and the object.

3. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitter emits more than one radio frequency.

4. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the receiver can learn the radio frequency of the transmitter.

5. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a AA battery.

6. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a AAA battery.

7. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a C battery.

8. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a D battery.

9. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power source is replaceable.

10. A remote object locating device comprising:

a transmitter, the transmitter having a power source, a crystal emitting a radio frequency, a circuit board, a switch, the switch allowing power to enter the circuit board, a antenna, the antenna capable of broadcasting the radio frequency;

a receiver, the receiver having a size corresponding to the size of the battery required by the object, a power source, a circuit board, a conductor bridging a negative terminal and a positive terminal, and adapted to receive the radio frequency; and

a battery, the battery having a size corresponding to the size of the battery required by the object, and having a voltage at least twice the required voltage of a single battery required by the object.

11. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitter emits more than one radio frequency.

12. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the receiver can learn the radio frequency of the transmitter.

13. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a AA battery.

14. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a AAA battery.

15. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a C battery.

16. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the receiver and battery are shaped and sized to resemble a D battery.

17. A remote object locating device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the power source is replaceable.