Autonomous rechargeable heated child's mat

• US 9,044,867 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2012
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Benn Rothschild
• Original Assignee: Michael Benn Rothschild
• Inventors: Rothschild, Michael Benn
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Tu B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chou, Jimmy
• Application Number:
  US13/693,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20140231410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• Field of Search: 219/528, 219/529, 219/510, 219/217, 219/483, 219/486, 219/537, 219/539
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 9/00 Blades for hand knives
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2204/02 comprising a heating unit
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 9/00 Accessories or details specially adapted for children's carriages or perambulators providing for travelling on snow B62B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 9/14 Equipment protecting from environmental influences, e.g. Hoods; Weather screens; Cat nets
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/0525 Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/30 Nickel accumulators H01M10/34 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/345 Gastight metal hydride accumulators
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/5825 Oxygenated metallic salts or polyanionic structures, e.g. borates, phosphates, silicates, olivines
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/202 Casings or frames around the primary casing of a single cell or a single battery
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/209 adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells H01M50/216 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/213 adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/542 the information being in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0238 For seats
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/025 For medical applications
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/003 using serpentine layout
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/005 using multiple resistive elements or resistive zones isolated from each other
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/037 Heaters with zones of different power density
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/342 heaters used in textiles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The Autonomous Rechargeable Heated Child'"'"'s Mat is totally portable and forms an integrated yet detachable part of the child'"'"'s pushchair, buggy or pram (or similar conveyance). Rechargeable embedded power cells power the system for over 4 hours at a full heat output. The system is fully controllable from the parent or operator'"'"'s mobile telephone or tablet device via bidirectional wireless communication. Simply seat or lay the child in the pushchair, buggy or pram (or similar conveyance) as normal. Using a dedicated application on the mobile device the child will quickly and safely be warmed to a controlled temperature as set by the parent or operator. The longest of excursions can now be made with the child in complete comfort and warmth. A powerful, intelligent and safe mobile heating system that is simple to operate and control wirelessly with simplicity.

Claims

1. A mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat comprising:

a semi-pliable felt fabric mat structure;

a plurality of regionalized electrical heating patterned pairs that are configured to be capable of individual control and isolation from each other are embedded and fixed to the mat structure in a plurality of separate regions so as to allow independent distributional heat control and output to a head region, a main body region and leg regions;

a power pack controller module embedded in said mat structure, said power pack controller module having an encased rechargeable power cell;

an embedded wireless microcontroller permanently affixed to the mat structure and coupled to said power cell, and an embedded MOSFET heating circuit controller, said microcontroller having a wireless bi-directional transmission control and internet connectivity interfaces which utilizes wireless 802.11b/g/n/Bluetooth networking, said microcontroller connected to the plurality of regionalized electrical heating patterned pairs via said embedded MOSFET heating circuit controller, said embedded MOSFET heating circuit controller having two individually generated pulse width modulation outputs per pair of regionalized electrical heating patterned pairs for monitoring and controlling said separate regions individually or in combination thereof, wherein each one of said plurality of regionalized electrical heating patterned pairs is independently controlled with a directly adjacent regionalized electrical heating patterned pair so as to offer a complete redundancy failure system, adjacent heating patterned pairs of said plurality of regionalized electrical heating patterned pairs are operated totally independently with primary and secondary pairs of said plurality of regionalized electrical heating patterned pairs so as to allow independent control between said primary and secondary pairs;

a plurality of embedded digital temperature sensors affixed to the mat structure and located within said heating patterned pairs of each of the corresponding head, main body and legs regions of said separate regions to sense heating outputs of primary and secondary pairs, said sensors are digitally interfaced and relayed to the embedded microcontroller by embedded MOSFET heating controller;

a power transfer lead with an embedded digital temperature sensor coupled between said mat structure and said power pack controller;

wherein said heating outputs are wirelessly and individually monitored and controlled based on temperatures received from said digital temperature sensors and temperatures set by an user.

2. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured to enable the embedded wireless microcontroller to be controlled and bi-directional communications established from a mobile phone, laptop, computer, tablet or iPad®

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3. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s pushchair.

4. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s stroller.

5. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s buggy.

6. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s carriage.

7. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s car seat.

8. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s pram.

9. The mobile autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat as in claim 1, wherein said autonomous heated child'"'"'s mat is configured within a child'"'"'s conveyance.