Patent ID: 6819249
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60N,B60R,G08B

Abstract:
A warning system for detecting the presence of a child in a vehicle, the vehicle having a front seat area, a rear seat area, and an interior, the vehicle having an electric system, said system comprising:a plurality of pressure sensors, each of said pressure sensors being removably positioned selectively under one or both of the front and rear seat areas such that pressure on one of the seat areas actuates an associated one of said pressure sensors; a control being electrically coupled to an electrical power supply, said control being electrically coupled to each of said pressure sensors, said control comprising; a housing; a processor being mounted in said housing and being adapted for receiving and sending electrical signals, wherein each of said pressure sensors are operationally coupled to said processor such that said pressure sensors send an electric signal to said processor when said pressure sensors detect pressure, said processor being selectively coupled to the electric system of the vehicle such that said processor may detect when the vehicle is turned off; a plurality of actuators being mounted on said housing and being operationally coupled to said processor, said plurality of actuators including a keypad for selectively entering a code for turning said processor on or off; an alarm being operationally coupled to said control, wherein said alarm emits an audible sound when any of said pressure sensors sense a pressure, said alarm comprising a speaker for producing an audible sound, said speaker being mounted in said housing and being operationally coupled to said processor; a plurality of motion detectors being operationally coupled to said control, wherein said control actuates said alarm when any of said motion detectors is actuated by movement, said plurality of motion detectors being removably mounted in the interior of the vehicle and being adopted for detecting motion therein; and wherein said control is turned on when the vehicle is turned off.