Emergency alarm with a light to pinpoint the location of an occupant

• US 8,350,712 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brian Bolinger, Gregory Chero
• Original Assignee: Brian Bolinger, Gregory Chero
• Inventors: Chero, Gregory, Bolinger, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFSASS, JEFFERY A
• Application Number:
  US12/606,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20110095895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573.1, 340628-630, 340/578, 340/539.1, 340/539.27, 340665-667, 340/539.26
• US Class Current: 340/628
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/10 Actuation by presence of smoke or gases , e.g. automatic alarm devices for analysing flowing fluid materials by the use of optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/064 indicating houses needing emergency help, e.g. with a flashing light or sound

Abstract

The present invention relates to a safety apparatus for providing a visible signal to firefighters or other rescuers of occupants of a building that an occupant is in a particular location or room of the building. According to one embodiment of the invention, the safety apparatus may include an emergency detector, such as a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm or the like responsive to an emergency condition, including a visible signaling device, and a detector responsive to the presence of an occupant for providing a signal to the visible signaling device when the safety device is activated by the emergency condition.

Claims

1. An alarm comprising at least one smoke detector for generating a first signal in response to a smoke condition, a sensor pad responsive to the presence of a person for generating a second signal a first transmitter coupled to the sensor pad for transmitting a third signal when a person is detected by the sensor pad, a light separate from the smoke detector including a receiver, a transceiver for generating a fourth signal only in response to both the first and the third signal, the light being illuminated when the receiver receives the forth signal.

2. A alarm according to claim 1, wherein the sensor pad is a tactile sensing mat.

3. A alarm according to claim 1, wherein the sensor pad is a weight sensing mat.