Child seat safety system

• US 7,378,974 B1
• Filed: 04/28/2005
• Issued: 05/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Georgina Bassett, William C. Bassett
• Original Assignee: Georgina Bassett, William C. Bassett
• Inventors: Bassett, William C., Bassett, Georgina
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Benjamin C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walk; Samuel J.
• Application Number:
  US11/119,281
• Time in Patent Office: 1,125 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340/573.4, 340/667
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4816 for sensing locking of buckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4866 Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01546 using belt buckle sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0461 integrated or attached to an item closely associated with the person but not worn by the person, e.g. chair, walking stick, bed sensor
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons

Abstract

A child seat safety system for alerting a person to a child buckled in a vehicle safety seat is disclosed. The child seat safety system includes a main controller for attachment to the vehicle safety seat. At least one alerting device having at least one lighting device is provided in signal-receiving relationship to the main controller for activation by the main controller while the child remains in the vehicle safety seat.

Claims

1. A child seat safety system comprising:

a main controller for attachment to a seat;

at least one alerting device having at least one lighting device provided in signal-receiving relationship to said main controller for activation by said main controller;

said at least one alerting device comprises at least one main alerting device and at least one buckle alerting device said at least one buckle alerting device comprises a housing and a central opening extending through said housing; and

at least one of a pager and a cell phone provided in signal-receiving relationship to said main controller for activation by said main controller.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a global positioning system interfacing with said main controller for monitoring locations of said main controller.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one alerting device comprises a microprocessor connected to said at least one lighting device and a receiver connected to said microprocessor.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said at least one alerting device is capable of emitting an audio signal.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said main controller comprises a housing, a microprocessor provided in said housing and a transmitter connected to said microprocessor.

6. The system of claim 5 further comprising a receiver provided in said housing and connected to said microprocessor.