Patent ID: 7369061

Claim:
A device for locating a parked motor vehicle, said device comprising: a mobile unit adapted to be mounted on the motor vehicle and including a base and a cover, and at least a portion of said cover being structured to permit outward transmission of visible light signals therefrom and allowing 360 degree directional visibility of the light signals entirely about the motor vehicle, and said mobile unit further comprising: an illuminating indicator for releasing the outward transmission of light signals up to a visible range of at least 1,000 feet; a sound emitter for emitting a user selected distinct audible sound pattern that has an audible range of at least 1,000 feet; a radio signal transceiver for sending and receiving radio frequency signals; and an internal power source for supplying electric power to said illuminating indicator, said sound emitter and said transceiver; a handheld control unit comprising: command entry controls for entering programming and operational commands; a radio signal transceiver for sending and receiving radio frequency signals and providing bi-directional radio frequency communication with said mobile unit via said radio signal transceiver in said mobile unit; an internal processor for reading the commands entered at said command entry controls and for directing transmission of radio frequency command signals from said transceiver of said handheld control unit to said mobile unit to control operation of said illuminating indicator and said sound emitter, and said internal processor being structured and disposed for programming and storing a plurality of distinct light signal patterns to be released by said illuminating indicator upon operation thereof and a plurality of distinct sound patterns to be emitted by said sound emitter upon operation thereof; said command entry controls being structured and disposed for selecting one or more of said plurality of distinct light signal patterns and for selecting one or more of said plurality of distinct sound patterns; said command entry controls being structured and disposed for allowing selective entry of said operational commands including operational commands for operating said illuminating indicator and said sound emitter, and user selected operational commands for selecting one or more of said plurality of distinct light signal patterns to be released by said illuminating indicator upon operation thereof and for selecting one or more of said plurality of distinct sound patterns to be emitted by said sound emitter upon operation thereof; and an internal power storage source for supplying electric power to said command entry controls, said radio signal transceiver and said internal processor.