Wrist baby monitor

• US 5,512,880 A
• Filed: 03/27/1995
• Issued: 04/30/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cosco Management Incorporated (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Safety 1st Inc. (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Crossley, David W., Bernstein, Michael S., Abrams, Randy L.
• Primary Examiner(s): SWANN III, GLEN R
• Application Number:
  US08/409,847
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573, 340/539, 340/693, 455/347, 455/899, 455/344, 455/351, 455/90
• US Class Current: 340/573.4
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0208 Combination with audio or video communication, e.g. combination with "baby phone" function

Abstract

A baby monitor receiver in the form of a wristwatch. A holder including a stand and cradle is provided for the receiver so that it may be stood on a flat surface or clipped to the clothing of the person attending to the baby.

Claims

1. A baby monitor to be used by an attendant to listen to a child in a remote location comprising:

a receiver including a housing and a strap for securing the housing about the wrist of the attendant so that it may be worn as a wristwatch,

a holder having a cradle for releasably receiving the receiver, said holder including a clip for attachment to the clothing of the attendant,

and a stand forming part of the holder for supporting the receiver on a flat surface.

2. A baby monitor as described in claim 1 wherein

the stand and cradle are movable with respect to one another, said cradle in a first position relative to the stand nesting with the stand when the holder is to be clipped to the clothing of an attendant and the stand in a second position relative to the cradle being disposed beneath the cradle for supporting the receiver or a flat surface.

3. A baby monitor as defined in claim 2 wherein the cradle and stand are pivotally connected together and pivoting relative to reach other when the stand moves between the first and second positions.

4. A baby monitor to be used by an attendant to listen to a child in a remote location comprising

a receiver having a housing and a strap connected to the housing for securing the receiver to the wrist of the attendant so that it may be worn as a wristwatch,

and a holder for the receiver, said holder having a clip for hanging the receiver on the clothing of the attendant, said holder also having a support for standing the receiver on a flat surface.

5. A baby monitor as defined in claim 4 wherein

said holder includes a cradle for engaging the receiver.

6. A baby monitor as defined in claim 5 wherein the support is a stand pivotally connected to the cradle.

7. A baby monitor as defined in claim 6 wherein

the stand is movable between an operable position for supporting the cradle on a flat surface and an inoperable position when the clip supports the receiver on the clothing.

8. A baby monitor as defined in claim 7 wherein

a detent is provided in the holder for releasably holding the stand in the operative and inoperative positions.

9. A baby monitor as defined in claim 4 wherein the receiver is removable from the holder.

10. A baby monitor as defined in claim 9 wherein the receiver is removed from the holder when the receiver is worn as a wristwatch.

11. A baby monitor as defined in claim 10 wherein

said holder includes a cradle for engaging the receiver.

12. A baby monitor as defined in claim 11 wherein the support is a stand pivotally connected to the cradle.