Patent Publication Number: US-2019197856-A1

Title: Warning System

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to alerting systems and more particularly pertains to a new alerting system for alerting a nearby person to the presence of fire or carbon monoxide. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that has a front wall, a back wall and a perimeter wall that extends between and is attached to the front wall and the back wall. The housing has an air intake that extends into an interior of the housing to allow ambient air into the housing. A processor is mounted in the housing. An alerting assembly is mounted on the housing and emits an alert that comprises a detectable audio or visual output configured to be detected by a person. The alerting assembly is electrically coupled to the processor and emits the alert when the processor sends an alert signal to the alerting assembly. A sensor is mounted in the housing and is in fluid communication with the air intake. The sensor tests the ambient air for an alert agent and sends a detection signal to the processor when the sensor detects the alert agent. The processor sends the alerting assembly the alert when the processor receives the detection signal. A transmitter is mounted in the housing and is electrically coupled to the processor. The transmitter is configured to be in communication with an extrinsic communication network to contact emergency response personnel. A power supply is coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the processor. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front side view of a warning system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new alerting system embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the warning system  10  generally comprises a housing  12  that has a front wall  14 , a back wall  16  and a perimeter wall  18  that extends between and is attached to the front wall  14  and the back wall  16 . The housing  12  has an air intake  20  that extends into an interior  22  of the housing  14  to allow ambient air into the housing  12 . The back wall  16  has a mount  24  thereon that engages a coupler that is positioned on a wall surface  26 . 
     A processor  28  is mounted in the housing  12 . An alerting assembly  30  is mounted on the housing  12  and emits an alert that comprises a detectable audio or visual output to be detected by a person. The alerting assembly  30  is electrically coupled to the processor  28  and emits the alert when the processor  28  sends an alert signal to the alerting assembly  30 . 
     A sensor  32  is mounted in the housing  12  and is in fluid communication with the air intake  20 . The sensor  32  tests the ambient air for an alert agent and sends a detection signal to the processor  28  when the sensor  32  detects the alert agent. The processor  28  sends the alerting assembly  30  the alert when processor  28  receives the detection signal. The alert agent is smoke  34  or carbon monoxide. The sensor includes a smoke detector  36  and a carbon monoxide detector  38  that are mounted in the housing. 
     The alerting assembly  30  includes a speaker  40  that emits a smoke alarm when the sensor  32  detects smoke  34  and emits a carbon monoxide alarm when the sensor  32  detects carbon monoxide. The smoke alarm and the carbon monoxide alarm each may comprise a human voice that alerts the nearby person to the specific alert agent detected, but may be any alarm suitable to warn the person of the alert agent. The alerting assembly  30  also includes a strobe light  42  that emits light outwardly from the housing  12  when the alerting assembly  30  receives the alert signal. 
     A transmitter  44  is mounted in the housing  12  and is electrically coupled to the processor  28 . The transmitter  44  is in communication with an extrinsic communication network  46  to contact emergency response personnel  48 . The transmitter  44  communicates with the extrinsic communication network  46  when the transmitter  44  receives a transmit signal from the processor  28 . The processor  28  sends the transmit signal after the processor  28  receives the detection signal. The processor  28  may delay sending the transmit signal until the detection signal has been received from the sensor  32  for at least a threshold period of time to prevent a false warning. The extrinsic communication network  46  may comprise a security system of a dwelling or other monitoring system in communication with a dwelling. The term dwelling includes buildings for living in as well as workplaces and other human occupied structures. 
     A power supply  50  is coupled to the housing  12  and electrically coupled to the processor  28 . The power supply  50  includes a first power source  52  that includes a power inlet that is electrically coupled to an electrical power system of a dwelling. The power supply includes a second power source  54  that comprises a battery. The battery supplies power to the processor  28  when the processor  28  detects a lack of electrical power from the first power source  52 . 
     A light fixture  56  is remotely positioned with respect to the housing  12 . A power outlet  58  extends outwardly from the housing  12  and is electrically coupled to the processor  28  and to the light fixture  56 . The processor  28  turns on the light fixture  56  when the processor  28  detects a lack of electrical power from the first power source  52 . An emergency light  60  is coupled to the housing  12  and electrically coupled to the processor  28 . The emergency light  60  is turned on when the processor  28  detects a lack of electrical power from the first power source  52 . 
     In use, the housing  12  is mounted onto the wall surface  26 . The first power source  52  is electrically coupled to the buildings electrical power system. The power outlet  58  is electrically coupled to the light fixture  56 . The sensor  32  is in fluid communication with the air intake  20 . When smoke  34  or carbon monoxide flow into the air intake  20  the sensor  32  detects the alert agent and sends the detection signal to the processor  28 . The processor  28  sends the alert signal to the speaker  40  and the corresponding alarm is emitted from the speaker  40 . The processor  28  also sends the alert signal to the strobe light  42  to turn the strobe light  42  on. In the event that the first power source  52  no longer sends electrical power to the processor  28  the second power source  54  supplies power to the processor  28 . When the second power source  54  powers the processor  28 , the processor  28  turns on the light fixture  56  and the emergency light  60 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.