Patent ID: 7352081

Claim:
A control device for activating and deactivating a child safety lock function of rear doors of a motor vehicle having rear inside door handles and rear outside door handles, said control device comprising: a safety lock device connected to the rear inside door handles of the rear doors; a central control unit for controlling said safety lock device between a first operating position establishing a normal operating mode, in which said safety lock device allows the rear doors to be opened using both the rear inside door handles and the rear outside door handles, and a second operating position establishing a safety lock mode, in which said safety lock device does not allow the rear doors to be opened using the rear inside door handles; a selector device for manually selecting between said normal operating mode and said safety lock mode; a temporary consent button for manually activating a temporary consent function for temporarily deactivating said safety lock mode, thereby temporarily reactivating said normal operating mode; a timer for determining the time lapse since activation of said temporary consent function so as to terminate the temporary deactivation of said safety lock mode upon expiry of a predetermined time; and a detector to determine further operation of said temporary consent button during the temporary deactivation of said safety lock mode, whereby said further operation of said temporary consent button terminates the temporary deactivation of said safety lock mode in advance of the expiry of said predetermined time.