Telephone security system

• US 6,546,081 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2000
• Issued: 04/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David Christian Moore
• Original Assignee: Robert P. Moore, Theodore M. Moore
• Inventors: Moore, Robert P., Moore, Theodore M.
• Primary Examiner(s): WOO, STELLA L
• Application Number:
  US09/751,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20020085684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 379/37, 379/38, 379/39, 379/42, 379/43, 379/44, 379/48, 379/52, 379/110.01, 379/372, 379/373.01, 379/373.02, 379/374.03, 379/375.01, 379/376.01, 379/376.02, 379/396, 455/567, 340/539, 340/540, 340/541, 340/545, 340/407.1, 340/7.6, 340/825.19
• US Class Current: 379/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

A telephone security system for providing an alarm system connected to the telephone. The telephone security system includes a telephone being adapted to be connected to a telephone line and having a housing and a face plate member being removably disposed upon a top of the housing; and also includes a control member being adapted to be connected to the telephone line: and further includes a detection assembly being connected to the ringer-inducer member for sensing an emergency; and also includes a user notification assembly being connected to the telephone for notifying a user of an emergency.

Claims

1. A telephone security system comprising:

a telephone being adapted to be connected to a telephone line and having a housing and a face plate member being removably disposed upon a top of said housing and also having a ringer disposed in said housing;

a ringer-inducer member being adapted to be connected to the telephone line;

a detection assembly being connected to said ringer-inducer member for sensing an emergency;

a user notification assembly being connected to said telephone for notifying a user of an emergency or said telephone ringing; and

wherein said user notification assembly also includes a wrist band being adapted to be worn about a wrist of the user, and further includes a plurality of vibrator members being spaced apart and being disposed in and along a length of said wrist band, said vibrator members being interconnected with wires and being connected to said telephone with wires, said vibrator members vibrating upon said telephone ringing to notify a hearing-impaired user of said telephone ringing, said wrist band comprising a pliable material such that said pliable material is adapted for conforming to a wrist of the user to provide comfort when the user is wearing said wrist band.

2. A telephone security system as described in claim 1, wherein said ringer-inducer member is adapted to cause said telephone to ring upon said ringer-inducer member receiving a signal, said ringer-inducer member also having an on/off switch.

3. A telephone security system as described in claim 2, wherein said detection assembly includes a smoke detector being connected to said ringer-inducer member with wires and being adapted to be disposed in a building structure, and also includes a heat/flame sensor being connected to said ringer-inducer member with wires and being adapted to be disposed in the building structure, and further includes intrusion sensors being adapted to be disposed on windows and doors and being connected to said on/off switch on said ringer-inducer member with wires.

4. A telephone security system as described in claim 3, wherein said user notification assembly includes light-emitting members being securely disposed in said housing and being adapted to shine lights through said face plate member upon said telephone being activated, said light-emitting members including a green light-emitting member being adapted to emit a green light upon said telephone ringing, said light-emitting members also including a red light-emitting member being adapted to emit a red light upon said telephone being activated by said ringer-inducer member, said light-emitting members being disposed near a front of said telephone.

5. A telephone security system as described in claim 1, wherein said wrist band has ends which are fastened together with fastening members.

6. A telephone security system as described in claim 5, wherein said fastening members are generally strips of hook and loop fasteners which are securely attached at said ends of said wrist band and which are fastenable to one another for securing said wrist band about the wrist of a user.

7. A telephone security system comprising:

a telephone being adapted to be connected to a telephone line and having a housing and a face plate member being removably disposed upon a top of said housing;

a ringer-inducer member being adapted to be connected to the telephone line, said ringer-inducer member being adapted to cause said telephone to ring upon said ringer-inducer member receiving a signal, said ringer-inducer member also having an on/off switch;

a detection assembly being connected to said ringer-inducer member for sensing an emergency, said detection assembly including a smoke detector being connected to said ringer-inducer member with wires and being adapted to be disposed in a building structure, and also including a heat/flame sensor being connected to said ringer-inducer member with wires and being adapted to be disposed in the building structure, and further including intrusion sensors being adapted to be disposed on windows and doors and being connected to said on/off switch of said ringer-inducer member with wires; and

a user notification assembly being connected to said telephone for notifying a user of an emergency and said telephone ringing, said user notification assembly including light-emitting members being securely disposed in said housing and being adapted to shine lights through said face plate member upon said telephone being activated, said light-emitting members including a green light-emitting member being adapted to emit a green light upon said telephone ringing, said light-emitting members also including a red light-emitting member being adapted to emit a red light upon said telephone being activated by said ringer-inducer member, said light-emitting members being disposed near a front of said housing, said user notification assembly also including a wrist band being adapted to be worn about a wrist of the user, and further including a plurality of vibrator members being spaced apart and being disposed in and along a length of said wrist band, said vibrator members being interconnected with wires and being connected to said telephone with wires, said vibrator members vibrating upon said telephone ringing to notify a hearing-impaired user of said telephone ringing, said wrist band comprising a pliable material such that said pliable material is adapted for conforming to a wrist of the user to provide comfort when the user is wearing said wrist band, said wrist band having ends which are fastened together with fastening members, said fastening members being generally strips of hook and loop fasteners which are securely attached at said ends of said wrist band and which are fastenable to one another for securing said wrist band about the wrist of a user, said telephone being capable of emitting distinctive rings depending upon which of said detectors and sensors sends a signal to said ringer-inducer member.

8. A telephone security system comprising:

a telephone being adapted to be connected to a telephone line and having a housing and a face plate member being removably disposed upon a top of said housing and also having a ringer disposed in said housing;

a ringer-inducer member being adapted to be connected to the telephone line;

a detection assembly being connected to said ringer-inducer member for sensing an emergency;

a user notification assembly being connected to said telephone for notifying a user of an emergency or said telephone ringing; and

wherein said user notification assembly includes a wrist band being adapted to be worn about a wrist of the user, and further includes a plurality of vibrator members being spaced apart and being disposed in and along a length of said wrist band, said vibrator members being interconnected with and being operationally coupled to said telephone, said vibrator members vibrating upon said telephone ringing to notify a hearing-impaired user of said telephone ringing, said wrist band comprising a pliable material such that said pliable material is adapted for conforming to a wrist of the user to provide comfort when the user is wearing said wrist band.

9. A telephone security system as described in claim 8, wherein said ringer-inducer member is adapted to cause said telephone to ring upon said ringer-inducer member receiving a signal, said ringer-inducer member also having an on/off switch.

10. A telephone security system as described in claim 8, wherein said detection assembly includes a smoke detector being operationally coupled to said ringer-inducer member being adapted to be disposed in a building structure.

11. A telephone security system as described in claim 8, wherein said detection assembly includes a heat/flame sensor being operationally coupled to said ringer-inducer member and being adapted to be disposed in the building structure.

12. A telephone security system as described in claim 8, wherein said detection assembly further includes intrusion sensors being adapted to be disposed on windows and doors and being operationally coupled to said on/off switch on said ringer-inducer member.

13. A telephone security system as described in claim 8, wherein said user notification assembly includes light-emitting members being securely disposed in said housing and being adapted to shine lights through said face plate member upon said telephone being activated.

14. A telephone security system as described in claim 13, wherein said light-emitting members include a green light-emitting member being adapted to emit a green light upon said telephone ringing, said light-emitting members also including a red light-emitting member being adapted to emit a red light upon said telephone being activated by said ringer-inducer member.

15. A telephone security system as described in claim 13, wherein said light-emitting members are disposed near a front of said telephone.

16. A telephone security system as described in claim 8, wherein said wrist band has ends which are fastened together with fastening members.

17. A telephone security system as described in claim 16, wherein said fastening members are generally strips of hook and loop fasteners which are securely attached at said ends of said wrist band and which are fastenable to one another for securing said wrist band about the wrist of a user.