Patent ID: 8493201

Claim:
A safety arrangement for alerting an operator of a parked vehicle having an ignition and a rear door that a rear occupant is still present in a rear of the vehicle, comprising: a door sensor for detecting when the rear door is in an open state and in a closed state; an ignition sensor for detecting when the ignition is in an activated state and in a deactivated state; a programmed controller responsive to the door sensor and the ignition sensor, for automatically activating the arrangement when the rear door has been in the open state for a predetermined time period, and for generating an alert signal in response to detection of the activated state of the ignition, followed by subsequent detection of the deactivated state of the ignition; an alarm responsive to generation of the alert signal, for alerting the operator to remove the rear occupant from the parked vehicle; and an alarm deactivator mounted in the rear of the vehicle and accessible only upon when the rear door is in the open state, for manually deactivating the alarm.