Patent ID: 8471715

Claim:
A disposable diaper with wireless alarm system, which comprises: (a) a disposable diaper structure having at least an inside layer, being a screen layer, a middle layer, being an absorbent layer, and an outer layer, being a barrier layer, and further having at least one fastening mechanism for affixing said disposable diaper structure to a person; (b) a disposable conductive strip located within said disposable diaper structure, and having two conductive bands and a non-conductive band between said two conductive bands, said two conductive bands being spaced sufficiently to have an open circuit when dry and to have a closed circuit when said strip is wet with urine; (c) an attachable, removable, reusable battery-powered sensor-transmitter device attached to said disposable diaper structure and electrically connected to said two conductive bands of said disposable conductive strip, said sensor-transmitter device having a predetermined frequency for transmittal to a wireless receiver; (d) said wireless receiver having an alarm signal and being remotely located from said sensor-transmitter device, and set to receive a transmission therefrom; wherein, when said disposable contact strip is dry, said sensor-transmitter device does not transmit an alarm signal to said wireless receiver, and when said disposable contact strip is wet with urine to close said circuit, said sensor-transmitter device sends an alarm signal to said wireless receiver, triggering activation of said alarm signal to advise a caretaker that said disposable diaper structure is wet.