×

Driver safety and swimming pool safety device

  • US 5,923,263 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1997
  • Issued: 07/13/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A safety device for detecting tilting for use in combination with a hat or a swimming pool floatation device comprising:

  • a switch made of an inner cup, an outer cup and a metal ball,a buzzer for sounding an alarm,a battery and electric wires connected thereto and forming a circuit in series with said buzzer,a flat base for mounting thereon the switch, the buzzer, the battery, said flat base securely attached to the hat,said inner cup being metallic and shaped as a cone whose apex abuts and is mounted on the flat base,said outer cup being metallic and shaped as a hollow uncovered upside down box facing the flat base and surrounding said inner cup on all sides with an air gap between them smaller, when measured from a side of the inner cup to the outer cup, than the diameter of the metal ball,said metal ball situated at the apex of said inner cup when the device is upright and off and capable of rolling to an edge of said inner cup when the device is tilted so that the metal ball simultaneously touches the inner cup and the outer cup thereby completing the circuit and sounding the alarm.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×