Patent ID: 8610036

Claim:
A device for monitoring a heating apparatus comprising: a motion detector configured to determine whether a person is proximate the heating apparatus, wherein the motion detector is default deactivated; a heat sensor configured to determine whether the heating apparatus has a temperature that is above a threshold, wherein the heat sensor is default deactivated; an internal timer in operable communication with the motion detector and the heat sensor, the internal timer configured to cyclically repeat a first countdown, and wherein the heat sensor is temporarily activated once during each of the repeated first countdowns, and wherein the internal timer is configured to perform a second countdown when the activated heat sensor determines that the heating apparatus has the temperature that is above the threshold, and wherein the second countdown is reset each time the motion detector determines that a person is proximate the heating apparatus; and an alarm in operable communication with the internal timer, the alarm configured to notify a user when the internal timer reaches the end of the second countdown.