Infant safety device
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1. A safety device comprising:
- a seat belt interlock has a male connector and a female connector;
said female connector of the said seat belt interlock, for when in use, receiving a vehicular seat belt male connector;
said male connector of said seat belt interlock, for when in use, connecting with a vehicular seat belt female connector;
said seat belt interlock has detection means for determining when said male connector of said seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt female connector and the said female connector of the said seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt male connector;
the said seat belt interlock has radio frequency signal transmitter means to alert at least one person that the said male connector of the said seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt female connector while the said female connector of the seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt male connector, and a signal receiving means which is separate from the said transmitter.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for warning when a person such as an infant has been left in an infant seat in a vehicle and the operator of the vehicle has departed from the vehicle. The apparatus includes an occupant detection mechanism for detecting the presence of an occupant within a seat-belted seat located within a vehicle; optionally a mechanism for detecting the state of the vehicle'"'"'s motion; a control unit for generating an alarm signal when the occupant detection mechanism detects the presence of an occupant within the infant seat and an alarm unit for generating an alarm in response to the alarm signal.
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1. A safety device comprising:
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a seat belt interlock has a male connector and a female connector;
said female connector of the said seat belt interlock, for when in use, receiving a vehicular seat belt male connector;
said male connector of said seat belt interlock, for when in use, connecting with a vehicular seat belt female connector;
said seat belt interlock has detection means for determining when said male connector of said seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt female connector and the said female connector of the said seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt male connector;
the said seat belt interlock has radio frequency signal transmitter means to alert at least one person that the said male connector of the said seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt female connector while the said female connector of the seat belt interlock is connected with the vehicular seat belt male connector, and a signal receiving means which is separate from the said transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A safety device comprising:
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a seat belt interlock has a male connector and a female connector;
said female connector of the said seat belt interlock, for when in use, receiving a vehicular seat belt male connector;
said male connector of said seat belt interlock, for when in use, connecting with a vehicular seat belt female connector;
said seat belt interlock has detection means for determining if at least one said male connector of said seat belt interlock or the said female connector of said seat belt interlock is connected respectively with the vehicular seat belt female connector or the vehicular seat belt male connector;
the said seat belt interlock has radio frequency signal transmitter means to alert at least one person that at least one of the said male connector of the said seat belt interlock or the said female connector of the said seat belt interlock is connected respectively with the vehicular seat belt female connector or the vehicular seat belt male connector, and a signal receiving means which is separate from the said transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of alerting an individual that an unsafe condition exists in a vehicle comprising obtaining a safety device comprising:
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a seat belt interlock male connector and a seat belt interlock female connector;
seat belt interlock female connector, for when in use, receiving a vehicular seat belt male connector;
seat belt interlock male connector, for when in use, connecting with a vehicular seat belt female connector;
said seat belt interlock has detection means for determining if at least one of seat belt interlock male connector or the said seat belt interlock female connector is connected respectively with the vehicular seat belt female connector or the vehicular seat belt male connector, and;
the said seat belt interlock has means to alert at least one person that at least one of the said seat belt interlock male connector is connected with the said seat belt female connector or the said seat belt interlock female connector is connected with the seat belt male connector, and operating the device by connecting at least one of the said seat belt female connector with a vehicular seat belt male connector or connecting the said seat belt interlock male connector with a vehicular seat belt female connector.
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