Child In Vehicle Reminder Alarm
First Claim
1. An alarm system usable with both a one piece car seat as well as a two piece car seat comprised of a carrier piece and a base for reminding an operator of a vehicle with a rear door or a vehicle with two doors and a folding driver'"'"'s seat that an occupant is still present in a rear passenger area of the vehicle, comprising:
- a. a rear passenger area accessed sensor that detects when a rear door of the vehicle with a rear door is opened or that a seatback of the folding driver'"'"'s seat of the two door vehicle is moved or flipped forward, for generating a signal to put the system into active armed modeb. a driver'"'"'s door sensor for detecting when a driver'"'"'s door of a vehicle is openedc. a power source for powering the alarm systemd. a deactivation switch manually actuated, for generating a signal for putting the alarm system in sleep modee. a programmed control unit responsive to the rear passenger area accessed sensor, for automatically putting the alarm system in an active, armed mode when the rear door has been opened or driver'"'"'s folding seat seatback flipped forward and responsive to the driver'"'"'s door sensor, for automatically generating an alert signal when the driver'"'"'s door has been opened if the alarm system is in active armed mode and responsive to the signal from the deactivation switch, for putting the alarm system in a sleep modef. an alarm responsive to generation of the alert signal, for reminding the operator of the presence of the occupant in the rear of the vehicle.
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Abstract
An alarm system for reminding a driver of the earlier placement of a child in the backseat of a vehicle usable with both a one piece car seat and a two piece car seat comprised of a carrier and base includes in a first embodiment a rear sensor, driver door opening sensor, a control unit, alarm means, and deactivation switch wherein the opening of a rear door activates and arms the system automatically so consequently the alarm means is energized and activated anytime thereafter when the driver opens their door, thus reminding the driver when they are exiting the vehicle of the child in the back. The driver then deactivates the system manually. In another embodiment applied to a child'"'"'s two piece car seat includes a car seat occupancy state detector, driver door opening sensor, a control unit, and alarm means, wherein the car seat occupancy state detector is comprised of split components of actuator and sensor which are placed on the carrier and base respectively, thus allowing the user to remove the carrier without needing to remove or disconnect some component of the system first from the carrier and allowing a manufacture to avoid using wireless technology as the means to communicate a signal from the car seat occupancy state detector to the central control unit.
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12 Claims
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1. An alarm system usable with both a one piece car seat as well as a two piece car seat comprised of a carrier piece and a base for reminding an operator of a vehicle with a rear door or a vehicle with two doors and a folding driver'"'"'s seat that an occupant is still present in a rear passenger area of the vehicle, comprising:
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a. a rear passenger area accessed sensor that detects when a rear door of the vehicle with a rear door is opened or that a seatback of the folding driver'"'"'s seat of the two door vehicle is moved or flipped forward, for generating a signal to put the system into active armed mode b. a driver'"'"'s door sensor for detecting when a driver'"'"'s door of a vehicle is opened c. a power source for powering the alarm system d. a deactivation switch manually actuated, for generating a signal for putting the alarm system in sleep mode e. a programmed control unit responsive to the rear passenger area accessed sensor, for automatically putting the alarm system in an active, armed mode when the rear door has been opened or driver'"'"'s folding seat seatback flipped forward and responsive to the driver'"'"'s door sensor, for automatically generating an alert signal when the driver'"'"'s door has been opened if the alarm system is in active armed mode and responsive to the signal from the deactivation switch, for putting the alarm system in a sleep mode f. an alarm responsive to generation of the alert signal, for reminding the operator of the presence of the occupant in the rear of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An alarm system usable with both a one piece car seat as well as a two piece car seat comprised of a carrier piece and a base for reminding an operator of a vehicle that an occupant is still present in a car seat in the rear passenger area of the vehicle, comprising:
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a. A car seat occupancy state detector comprised of an occupancy sensor actuator and cooperating occupancy sensor wherein when the alarm system is adopted for use with a two piece car seat the occupancy sensor actuator is located on the carrier of the two piece car seat and cooperating occupancy sensor is located on the base, for generating a signal for putting the alarm system into active armed mode or sleep mode. b. a driver'"'"'s door sensor for detecting when a driver'"'"'s door of a vehicle is opened c. a power source for powering the alarm system d. a programmed control unit responsive to the signal from the car seat occupancy state sensor, for automatically putting the alarm system in an active armed mode when the occupancy sensor is in an actuated state and for putting the alarm system in a sleep mode when the occupancy sensor is not in an actuated state and responsive to the driver'"'"'s door sensor, for automatically generating an alert signal when the driver'"'"'s door has been opened if the alarm system is in active armed mode. e. an alarm responsive to generation of the alert signal, for reminding the operator of the presence of an occupant in a car seat in the rear of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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