Ski equipment theft alarm

• US 5,001,461 A
• Filed: 08/18/1989
• Issued: 03/19/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey P. Vroom, Roy Vroom
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey P. Vroom, Roy Vroom
• Inventors: Vroom, Jeffrey P., Vroom, Roy
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/333,568
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• Field of Search: 340/571, 340/572, 340/566, 340/573, 340/539
• US Class Current: 340/568.6
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 11/005 on the ski or pole
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/22 Radio waves emitting or receiving, e.g. remote control, RFID
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1436 with motion detection

Abstract

A system for protecting skis from theft which includes a digital transmitter, a timer, and a motion sensor all attached to the ski binding itself, and a hand held digital receiver. The system is fully enabled when the user removes the ski boot from the binding and manually turns on the receiver. Subsequent movement of the skis, for a length of time predetermined by the timer, allows the transmitter to send a unique digital code by standard radio frequency. The digital code is detected by only one receiver which in turn produces an audible alarm to alert the person carrying the receiver.

Claims

1. A system for protecting skis from theft comprised of

(a) means for switching said system between two states, an enabled state and a disabled state, said switching means is switched to said enabled state when a ski boot is removed from the ski binding of a ski, and is switched to said disabled state when said boot is latched into said binding of said ski;

(b) a motion sensing means;

(c) a radio transmitter;

(d) a first housing which encloses said switching means, said motion sensing means, said radio transmitter, said first housing attached to said ski binding;

(e) a second housing which encloses a radio receiver and an alarm generator;

(f) and means for causing said radio transmitter to emit a signal when motion is sensed by said motion sensing means and said system is in an enabled state, said radio receiver detecting said signal and activating said alarm generator.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said signal is a digitally coded signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said first housing also encloses a timer means, said timer means disables said radio transmitter a predetermined period of time after a sensing of motion by said motion sensing means.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said radio receiver is connected to a decoder, said decoder enables said alarm generator only when a properly coded signal has been received by said radio receiver.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said radio transmitter emits said signal for a predetermined period of time when said system is initially switched from said enabled state to said disabled state.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said second housing is hand held, portable and also encloses an on/off switch, whereby said radio receiver may be manually turned on or off.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said alarm generator emits an audible alarm.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said first housing further encloses a timer means, said timer means delays the emitting of said signal by said radio transmitter for a predetermined period of time after a sensing of motion by said motion sensing means.