Patent ID: 6535137
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
A child seat alarm for preventing a child from being left inside a motor vehicle once a door of the vehicle has been opened or its engine has been shut off comprising, in combination:a car seat portion adapted for being positioned within a motor vehicle, the car seat portion including child engagement straps, the child engagement straps including a male buckle and a corresponding female receptacle, the male buckle being lockably received within the female receptacle in a locked orientation; an alarm disposed within the car seat portion, the alarm including a pair of speakers for broadcasting an audible alarm, the alarm being in an activated orientation when the male buckle is lockably received within the female receptacle, the alarm being in a deactivated orientation when the male buckle is removed from the female receptacle, the alarm being in communication with an electrical system of the vehicle whereby shut down of the motor vehicle's engine or an opening of a driver's door will sound the alarm when the alarm is in the activated orientation; and a display being adapted for mounting on a dashboard of the motor vehicle, the display being in communication with the alarm, the display including a plurality of suction cups disposed on a lower surface thereof to facilitate mounting to the dashboard.