Patent ID: 8659414

Claim:
A wireless child proximity monitoring and alarm system for use with child seats for vehicles wherein the child seat includes shoulder straps for restraining the child, said monitoring and alarm system comprising: a separable seat monitor for affixation to the child seat shoulder straps, said seat monitor including: a first housing affixable to a first of the child seat shoulder straps; a second housing affixable to a second of the child seat shoulder straps and having a transceiver for wireless communication and a microcontroller integrated with said transceiver, and further including a micro switch communicative with said microcontroller and responsive to the proximity of said first housing; and a connecting strap extending between said first housing and said second housing, said connecting strap separable from at least one of said first housing and said second housing; and a key fob for retention by a child caregiver, said key fob including: a fob case; a transceiver housed within said fob case for wireless communication with said seat monitor transceiver; a microcontroller integrated with said transceiver; and an alarm selectively operable between a first silent sate and a second audible alarm generating state.