Patent ID: 6239715
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A beeper system comprising:a locking flexible band; anda beeper attached to said locking flexible band;said locking flexible band being constructed from a flexible material and including a locking end having a beeper housing insertion portion provided with a locking bolt aperture;said beeper including a beeper housing and a beeper circuit;said beeper housing having said beeper circuit provided therein, a band end receiving cavity formed into a sidewall thereof sized to receive a beeper housing insertion portion of a locking end of said flexible band and having a locking bolt movement portion in connection therewith, a speaker grate on an exterior surface thereof, a digital display on an exterior surface, a key receiving portion of an on/off keyswitch and band lock assembly extending through an exterior surface thereof, and a wearer speaker silence button extending through an exterior surface thereof;said beeper circuit including a programmable beeper controller having a radio input in connection with a radio receiver including a radio antenna, a display output in connection with said digital display, a speaker output in connection with a speaker, a silence input in connection with said wearer speaker silence button, and a keyswitch input in connection with said on/off keyswitch and band lock;said keyswitch and band lock including a two position electrical switch positionable between a closed and an open position with a key wherein positioning said electrical switch into said closed position causes a J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move upward from an unlocked position to a locked position and positioning said electrical switch into said open position causes said J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move downward from a locked position to an unlocked position;said speaker being positioned within said housing behind said speaker grate;said beeper controller circuit being programmed to activate said digital display and said speaker when an activation signal is received by said radio receiver, to temporarily allow a wearer to silence said speaker by depressing said wearer speaker silence button a fixed number of times, to reactivate said speaker after being deactivated by said depressing of said wearer speaker silence button after a predetermined time interval, to, once said last predetermined time interval has elapsed, finally activate said speaker at an increasing sound level that increases from a normal level to a high level over an elapsed period of time, and to only deactivate said speaker when an off input is received from said on/off keyswitch and band lock.