Patent ID: 6593851
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A two-way paging system to locate either a parent or a child, the system comprising:a parental paging unit including a first portable housing adapted to readily connect to clothing of a parent, a first transmission assembly positioned within the first housing to provide at least one of a first signal and a first emergency signal, a first receiver assembly positioned within the first housing to receive at least one of the following a second signal and a second emergency signal, a first transducer assembly positioned within the first housing to produce an audible alert upon receipt of at least one of the second signal and the second emergency signal by the first receiver assembly, a first alert mechanism associated with the first housing and in electrical contact with the first transmission assembly to cause the first transmission assembly to transmit at least one of the first signal and the first emergency signal, a first power source associated with the first housing to provide power at least to the first transmission assembly, the first receiver assembly, and the first transducer assembly, and a first alert switch responsive to the parent, connected to the first housing, and in electrical contact with the first transmission assembly to cause the first transmission assembly to transmit the first signal when the first alert switch is activated by a user for a first preselected time period to thereby indicate a first emergency condition whereby the parent needs assistance and a first emergency signal when the first alert switch is activated by the user for a second preselected time period to thereby indicate a second emergency condition whereby the parent needs immediate assistance, the second preselected time period being longer than the first preselected time period; and a child paging unit including a second portable housing adapted to readily connect to clothing of a child, a second transmission assembly positioned with the second housing to provide the at least one of a second signal and a second emergency signal to the first receiver assembly of the parental paging unit, a second receiver assembly positioned within the second housing to receive at least one of the first signal and the first emergency signal from the first transmission assembly of the parental paging unit, a second transducer assembly positioned within the second housing to produce an audible alert upon receipt of the first signal by the second receiver assembly, a second alert mechanism associated with the second housing and in electrical contact with the second transmission assembly to cause the assembly to transmit at least one of the second signal and the second emergency signal, a second power source associated with the second housing to provide power at least to the second transmission assembly, the second receiver assembly, and the second transducer assembly, and a second alert switch responsive to the child, connected to the second housing, and in electrical contact with the second transmission assembly to cause the second transmission assembly to transmit the second signal when the second alert switch is activated by a user for a first preselected time period to thereby indicate a first child emergency condition whereby the child needs assistance and the second emergency signal when the second alert switch is activated by the user for a second preselected time period to thereby indicate a second child emergency condition whereby the child needs immediate assistance, the second preselected time period being longer than the first preselected time period.