Patent ID: 7106203
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B60N,B60R,G08B

Abstract:
1. A safety apparatus comprising: a child safety seat; a transmitter, operatively connected to the child safety seat, for transmitting at least one encoded wireless signal, the signal having a predetermined range of transmission; means, operatively coupled to the transmitter, for monitoring the presence of a child in the safety seat; means, operatively coupled to the monitoring means, for activating the transmitter to generate the at least one encoded wireless signal when the presence of the child in the child safety seat is detected; a receiver, configured to be in the possession of a caregiver to the child, capable of sensing the at least one encoded wireless signal when the receiver is within the predetermined range of transmission; a receiver controller coupled to the receiver and having a timing function, the timing function timing to a time interval wherein, at the completion of each time interval, the receiver controller (i) repeats the timing function when the at least one encoded signal is sensed by the receiver or (ii) issues an alarm signal when the at least one encoded signal is not sensed by the receiver; and means, operatively coupled to the receiver controller, for communicating an alarm to the caregiver when the receiver controller issues an alarm signal.