Global positioning system personal alarm

• US 5,712,619 A
• Filed: 04/18/1996
• Issued: 01/27/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alan C. Simkin
• Original Assignee: Alan C. Simkin
• Inventors: Simkin, Alan C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland, Donnie L.
• Application Number:
  US08/634,590
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539, 340/825.49, 340/825.36, 340/573, 379/37, 379/38, 379/59, 455/33.1, 455/11.1, 342/357, 342/450, 342/457
• US Class Current: 340/539.13
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0288 Attachment of child unit to child/article

Abstract

A new Global Positioning System Personal Alarm for providing a personal alarm system in the event of an assault, medical emergency, or any other intrusive wrong-doing whereby utilizing global positioning system technology and cellular phone technology to transmit the user'"'"'s longitudinal and latitudinal position to a monitoring station which relays the user'"'"'s position to the proper authorities. The device includes a housing structure, an alarm activating apparatus secured to the housing structure, an alarm means, a global positioning system positioned within the housing structure, a power source electronically connected to the global positioning system, and a cellular phone system electronically connected to the global positioning system.

Claims

1. A global positioning system personal alarm comprising:

a housing structure substantially rectangular shaped;

a power source positioned within a lower rear portion of the housing structure;

an alarm means for sounding an alarm;

an alarm activating means for activating said alarm means and being secured to the housing structure and being electronically connected to the power source;

the alarm means being electronically connected to the alarm activating means, the alarm activating means including a plunger member mounted on said housing;

a global positioning system electronically connected to the power source for generating longitudinal and latitudinal position information based upon signals transmitted from a plurality of global positioning satellites and received by the global positioning system;

a cellular phone system for transmitting a signal containing said latitudinal and longitudinal position information when said alarm activating means is triggered, said cellular phone system being electronically connected to the global positioning system and the power source;

a monitoring station for receiving the signal containing said latitudinal and longitudinal position information from the cellular phone system, wherein the monitoring station converts the longitudinal and latitudinal information into street address information and relays the street address information to the proper authorities; and

wherein the housing structure includes;

a plunger aperture positioned in the top surface of the housing structure and having said plunger mounted therein, said plunger triggering said alarm means through said alarm activating means when said plunger moves into said housing through said plunger aperture;

a belt clip secured centrally to the rear surface of the housing structure;

a battery door removably engaging the lower rear surface of the housing structure;

an alarm light electronically connected to the alarm activating means and secured to the top surface of the housing structure;

a low battery light electronically connected to the power source; and

an alarm speaker electronically connected to the alarm activating means and secured to a side of the housing structure.

2. The global positioning system personal alarm of claim 1, wherein the alarm activating means includes:

a compression spring engages the interior surface of the housing structure which surrounds the plunger aperture and slidably receives the plunger member;

a plunger head secured to the bottom end of the plunger member within the housing structure where the plunger head is larger in diameter than the plunger aperture and where the plunger head engages the compression spring opposite of the interior surface of the housing structure;

a pull pin slidably projects into the portion of the plunger member exteriorly positioned from the housing structure and engages the top surface of the housing structure which prevents the plunger member from descending into the housing structure;

an emergency service switch electronically connected to the cellular phone system communicating the type of emergency involved; and

an audible alarm switch electronically connected to the alarm speaker.