Patent ID: 8892302

Claim:
A system, relating to reminding at least one driver of a motor vehicle that there is at least one child occupant in the motor vehicle when the ignition of the motor vehicle is inactivated and a child is present in the motor vehicle, comprising: a) at least one child-present sensor structured and arranged to sense the presence of at least one child in the motor vehicle; b) at least one vehicle ignition sensor structured and arranged to sense activation or deactivation of the motor vehicle ignition; c) at least one motor-vehicle alert structured and arranged to alert at least one motor vehicle area adjacent the child occupant; and d) at least one alarm processor structured and arranged to i) receive signals from said at least one child-present sensor, ii) receive signals from said at least one motor vehicle ignition sensor, and iii) send at least one alert signal to said at least one motor-vehicle alert; e) wherein said system may alert the at least one driver of the motor vehicle that there is at least one child occupant in the motor vehicle when the ignition of the motor vehicle is inactivated and at least one child is present in the motor vehicle; and f) at least one timer structured and arranged to provide at least one timed alert when the ignition of such motor vehicle is deactivated and a child is present in the motor vehicle; g) wherein said at least one timer comprises i) at least one first timer structured and arranged to provide an initial timed alert immediately upon said at least one child-present sensor sensing the presence of a child in the motor vehicle and said at least one vehicle ignition sensor sensing deactivation of the motor vehicle ignition, and ii) at least one second timer structured and arranged to provide at least one second timed alert after a pre-determined time wherein said at least one child-present sensor continues to sense the presence of a child in the motor vehicle and said at least one vehicle ignition sensor continues to sense deactivation of the motor vehicle ignition.