Patent ID: 7002466

Claim:
An emergency alert system comprising: a) a two-way radio system comprising at least a first radio apparatus and a second radio apparatus, said first and second radio apparatus having a speaker, a microphone, and a body having a side, said first radio apparatus having means to automatically activate a signal for sending to said second radio apparatus, said means to activate comprising a jack receptacle, located in said side of said first radio apparatus and incorporated into the circuitry of said first radio apparatus; and b) a jack device having a toggle device connected thereto, said jack device for the removable insertion in said jack receptacle, said toggle device further comprising a loop member connected to said jack device, a length of flexible rope attached at one end to said loop member and having a plastic pendant attached to the other end of said rope, said flexible rope having a diameter and said plastic pendant having a width which is greater than the diameter of said rope, whereby attachment of said rope to said loop device permits said rope to hang in a vertical position and to be spaced from the radio side and whereby said rope and plastic pendant of said toggle device are constructed and arranged to be held between the teeth of a trained service dog, whereby upon the removal of said jack device by the service dog causes a signal to be sent to said second radio, said signal being a radio-wave signal which activates an alert tone in said second radio and causes the microphone of said first radio apparatus to be open for communication.