Patent ID: 9694721
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60N,B60Q,G08B

Claim:
1. A vehicle child safety seat alert system for a target vehicle, comprising: a seat component having a bottom surface, wherein said seat component includes a weight sensor, a networking interface, a controller, and an antenna which are each connected to a power source; wherein said controller is electrically connected to said weight sensor and configured to determine whether at least one object is positioned on top of the seat component through an output of said weight sensor; wherein said controller is electrically connected to said networking interface and configured to determine whether the target vehicle has been turned off through a reading from the networking interface; wherein said controller is electrically connected to said antenna and configured to duplicate an externally generated radio frequency signal that actuates a sensory alarm system integral with the target vehicle from a signal from the antenna; and wherein when said controller determines the target vehicle has been turned off and the at least one object is positioned on top of the seat component, said controller is configured to selectively transmit through the antenna a duplicated radio frequency signal so as to actuate the sensory alarm system.