Crib rail safety annunciator
First Claim
1. A crib rail safety monitor mechanism comprising:
- (a) a crib rail position detecting means for determining the raised or lowered position of a crib side rail and providing a first signal reflective thereof,(b) a child'"'"'s crib-presence detecting means for determining the presence or absence of a child in said crib and providing a second signal reflective thereof, and(c) crib attendant alerting means for alerting an attendant of said child that said crib side rail is the lowered position, said alerting means only being responsive to both said first signal, if reflective of a lowered position of said cribe side rail, and said second signal, if reflective of the presence of a child in said crib.
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Abstract
A crib rail safety monitor alerts a child'"'"'s attendant to the potential injurious situation when a child is located within a crib and the crib side rail is in the down or lowered position. Preferably, a flashing light will first alert the attendant to the condition without awakening the child. If, however, the attendant leaves the vicinity of the child'"'"'s crib, with the child within the crib and the crib side rail lowered, then an audible alarm is activated. The crib rail position indicator can be an ordinary magnetic reed switch, the mechanism to indicate the presence of a child within the crib can be a weight sensor and the attendant'"'"'s presence or absence can be performed by an ultrasonic motion detector or an infrared temperature sensor. Timers can be electrically interconnected with the components to ensure the child'"'"'s safety while, at the same time, allowing the attendant the opportunity, before the audible alarm is activated, to remember to raise the crib rail prior to leaving the vicinity of the crib.
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33 Claims
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1. A crib rail safety monitor mechanism comprising:
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(a) a crib rail position detecting means for determining the raised or lowered position of a crib side rail and providing a first signal reflective thereof, (b) a child'"'"'s crib-presence detecting means for determining the presence or absence of a child in said crib and providing a second signal reflective thereof, and (c) crib attendant alerting means for alerting an attendant of said child that said crib side rail is the lowered position, said alerting means only being responsive to both said first signal, if reflective of a lowered position of said cribe side rail, and said second signal, if reflective of the presence of a child in said crib. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A safety monitor mechanism for a vertically movable side rail adjacent to a resting surface comprising:
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(a) a side rail position detecting means for determining the raised or lowered position of said side rail and providing a first signal reflective thereof; (b) a person'"'"'s presence detecting means for determining the presence or absence of a person on said resting surface and providing a second signal reflective thereof; and (c) attendant alerting means for alerting an attendant for the resting surface that the side rail is in the lowered position, said alerting means only being responsive to both said first signal, if reflective of a lowered position of said side rail and said second signal, if reflective of the presence of an individual on said resting surface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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