Patent ID: 9418530
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G08B

Claim Text:
1. A wireless safety alert signaling system comprising: a transmitter, said transmitter having a transmitting means, an activating means, and a locking means; a receiver, said receiver having a receiving means and an indicating means; and a key means; wherein the transmitting means of the transmitter is configured to generate and wirelessly transmit signals; the activating means of the transmitter is configured to allow a user to initiate the generation and transmission of signals by the transmitter; the locking means of the transmitter is configured to place the transmitter in unlocked mode or in locked mode, whereby when the transmitter is in unlocked mode the activating means of the transmitter is permitted to be operated by the user and when the transmitter is in locked mode the activating means of the transmitter cannot be operated by the user, with the locking means of the transmitter comprising a radio frequency identification reader; the key means is manipulated by the user and is configured to interact with the locking means such that the interaction of the key means with the locking means places the transmitter in unlocked mode, with the key means comprising an electronic radio frequency identification tag which is coded with an access code recognizable to the locking means of the transmitter; the receiving means of the receiver is configured to receive wirelessly transmitted signals transmitted by the transmitting means of the transmitter; and the indicating means of the receiver is configured to provide at least one human perceptible indication when the receiving means of the receiver receives a wirelessly transmitted signal, whereby upon the electronic radio frequency identification tag of the key means being brought into near proximity with the radio frequency identification reader of the locking means of the transmitter, the locking means places the transmitter in unlocked mode.