Locator apparatus

• US 6,870,483 B1
• Filed: 08/27/2003
• Issued: 03/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Everton Davis
• Original Assignee: Everton Davis
• Inventors: Davis, Everton
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, LAM P
• Application Number:
  US10/650,439
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.31, 340/539.1, 340/539.2, 340/539.32, 340/571, 340/572.1, 340/691.1, 340/692, 379354-359
• US Class Current: 340/691.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

A locator apparatus for locating a lost wallet, pocketbook, or a purse is disclosed. Other embodiments of the apparatus could be incorporated into other commonly used items such as purses, sunglasses, keys, etc. The apparatus would be a phone chip and speaker combination that would be incorporated into any one of a wide variety of items that are both frequently used and frequently misplaced, such as wallets, pocketbooks, purses, keys, sunglasses or regular glasses, and other such items. The phone chip would be capable of “receiving” a telephone call, at which time, it would activate the speaker, which would begin to make noise. This noise would allow an individual to find the appropriate “lost” or misplaced item quickly and efficiently.

Claims

1. A locator apparatus comprising:

(a) a card having two sides comprising a front side and a rear side,

(b) a central cutout region in the middle of the card, the central cutout region having a circular shape,

(c) a circular speaker mounted within the central cutout region,

(d) a telephone computer chip attached to the circular speaker, the telephone computer chip electronically connected to the circular speaker, the telephone computer chip capable of receiving telephone calls to a particular telephone number,

(e) power means for providing power to the circular speaker and the telephone computer chip,

(f) wherein the telephone computer chip, upon being called by another telephone, will activate the speaker, causing the speaker to emit noise.

2. A locator apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the card has a length of three and three-eighths of an inch and a width of two and one-eighth of an inch.

3. A locator apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the card also has a key chain hole.

4. A locator apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the card also has a logo placed on the front side of the card.