Patent Publication Number: US-2019193518-A1

Title: Vehicle Safety Assembly

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 safety devices and more particularly pertains to a new safety device for protecting an unattended occupant in a vehicle from excessive temperatures. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that maybe mounted on a roof of a vehicle. A fan is positioned within the housing and the fan urges air when the fan is turned on. The fan ventilates an interior of the vehicle to reduce a temperature of the interior of the vehicle. In this way an unattended occupant from is inhibited from being injured by excessive temperatures in the vehicle. A temperature sensor is positioned within the vehicle and the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the interior of the vehicle. The temperature sensor is electrically coupled to the fan and the temperature sensor turns the fan on when the temperature sensor senses a trigger temperature. 
     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 perspective in-use view of a vehicle safety assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a left side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross sectional view taken along line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 2  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 7  thereof, a new safety device 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 7 , the vehicle safety assembly  10  generally comprises a housing  12  that may be mounted on a roof  14  of a vehicle  16  and the housing  12  has an intake  18  and an exhaust  20 . The intake  18  is in fluid communication with an interior of the vehicle  16  and the exhaust  20  is in fluid communication with the intake  18 . A first screen  22  is coupled to the housing  12  and the first screen  22  covers the intake  18  to inhibit objects from passing through the intake  18 . A second screen  24  is coupled to the housing  12  and the second screen  24  covers the exhaust  20  to inhibit objects from passing through the exhaust  20 . The housing  12  may have a top wall  26  and a bottom wall  28  and the bottom wall  28  may be attached to the roof  14  of the vehicle  16 . Additionally, the top wall  26  may be concavely arcuate with respect to the bottom wall  28  such that the housing  12  has a dome shape or other aerodynamic shape. 
     A fan  30  is positioned within the housing  12  and the fan  30  urges air when the fan  30  is turned on. The fan  30  draws air in through the intake  18  and out through the exhaust  20  to ventilate the interior of the vehicle  16 . Thus, the fan  30  reduces a temperature of the interior of the vehicle  16  to inhibit an unattended occupant from being injured by excessive temperatures in the vehicle  16 . The vehicle  16  may be a passenger vehicle, a commercial vehicle and any other vehicle with an enclosed cabin. Additionally, the fan  30  may be an electric fan that includes a motor and plurality of blades. 
     A temperature sensor  32  is provided and the temperature sensor  32  is positioned within the vehicle  16  such that the temperature sensor  32  is in thermal communication with the interior of the vehicle  16 . The temperature sensor  32  is electrically coupled to the fan  30  and the temperature sensor  32  turns the fan  30  on when the temperature sensor  32  senses a trigger temperature. The trigger temperature may be any temperature at or above approximately 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, the temperature sensor  32  may be an electronic thermostat of any conventional design. 
     A solar panel  34  is provided and the solar panel  34  is coupled to the housing  12 . The solar panel  34  is positioned on an exterior surface  36  of the housing  12  such that the solar panel  34  is exposed to sunlight. A battery  38  is positioned within the housing  12  and the battery  38  is electrically coupled to the solar panel  34  such that the solar panel  34  charges the battery  38 . Moreover, the battery  38  is electrically coupled to the fan  30  and the temperature sensor  32 . 
     In use, the temperature sensor  32  turns the fan  30  on when the temperature sensor  32  senses the trigger temperature in the interior of the vehicle  16 . Thus, the fan  30  urges air in the interior of the vehicle  16  outwardly through the exhaust  20  to ventilate the interior of the vehicle  16 . In this way the fan  30  lowers the temperature of the interior of the vehicle  16 . Additionally, the solar panel  34  and the battery  38  ensure the fan  30  and temperature sensor  32  functions when the vehicle  16  is turned off. Thus, the unattended occupant, such as a child or the like, is protected from a heat injury resulting from excessive temperatures in the vehicle  16 . 
     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.