Child loss prevention system and method of use
First Claim
1. Apparatus for preventing the abduction and loss of children from public facilities, the apparatus being usable by a group of people including at least one adult and all minor children accompanying that adult, to help ensure that the minor children leave the public facility with the same adult or adults with whom they entered, the apparatus comprising:
- at least two identification bracelets, one said bracelet affixed to each adult and accompanying child in the group of people;
means for displaying a preprinted code on said at least two bracelets; and
means for reading and comparing the preprinted code on each of said at least two bracelets.
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Abstract
The child loss prevention system includes a wrist bracelet that is given to a child and accompanying adult at the time the child is left with a child care facility or upon entering a large public facility such as a shopping mall or amusement park. Information printed on the bracelet at that time may be in the form of a bar code or a string of alphanumeric characters, or a combination of the two. When the adult attempts to leave the facility with the child, the material printed on the bracelet of each of them is scanned, and if the information matches, the child is allowed to leave with the adult.
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17 Claims
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1. Apparatus for preventing the abduction and loss of children from public facilities, the apparatus being usable by a group of people including at least one adult and all minor children accompanying that adult, to help ensure that the minor children leave the public facility with the same adult or adults with whom they entered, the apparatus comprising:
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at least two identification bracelets, one said bracelet affixed to each adult and accompanying child in the group of people; means for displaying a preprinted code on said at least two bracelets; and means for reading and comparing the preprinted code on each of said at least two bracelets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of preventing the abduction and loss of children from a public facility, the public facility having an entrance and an exit, the method including the use of wrist bands fastened to each child and at least one adult in each discrete group of children and adults, each wrist band including a unique code, the information in the code being capable of identifying each child and accompanying adult as part of a particular discrete group, the method also including the use of a computer for generating the codes, a printer connected to the computer for printing the code for display on the wrist bands, and an electronic scanner connected to the computer for comparing the codes on the wrist bands, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating unique codes on the computer for the at least one child and at least one adult comprising a discrete group of children and adults; printing the codes on a display medium using the printer connected to the computer, one code being printed on one said display medium for each child and adult in the discrete group of children and adults; fixedly attaching each said display medium to a wrist band; fixedly attaching one wrist band to each child and adult in the discrete group of children and adults; scanning the codes on the wristbands of each child and at least one adult in the discrete group of children and adults with the electronic scanner attached to the computer; and comparing the scanned codes with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of preventing the abduction and loss of children from a public facility, the public facility having an entrance and an exit, the public facility also having a facility for caring for children in the absense of the adults accompanying those children, the method including the use of wrist bands fastened to each child and at least one adult in each discrete group of children and adults, each wrist band including a unique code, the information in the code being capable of identifying each child and accompanying adult as part of a particular discrete group, the method also including the use of a computer for generating the codes, a printer connected to the computer for printing the code for display on the wrist bands, and an electronic scanner connected to the computer for comparing the codes on the wrist bands, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating unique codes on the computer for the at least one child and at least one adult comprising a discrete group of children and adults; printing the codes on a display medium using the printer connected to the computer, one code being printed on one said display medium for each child and adult in the discrete group of children and adults; fixedly attaching each said display medium to a wrist band; fixedly attaching one wrist band to each child and adult in the discrete group of children and adults; allowing each child in the discrete group of children and adults to enter the facility for caring for children in the absense of the adults accompanying those children; scanning the codes on the wristbands of each child and at least one adult in the discrete group of children and adults with the electronic scanner attached to the computer; and comparing the scanned codes with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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