Patent ID: 7126485

Claim:
A sleep prevention device while driving a vehicle, comprising: a) a housing member having an interior compartment; b) said interior compartment including a movable cord member with a distal end and a proximal end, said cord member having a first contact member thereon; c) said interior compartment including two spaced-apart second contact members for engagement by said first contact member; d) an earpiece assembly including an earpiece housing member having an alarm member therein connected to a speaker member for producing an alarm sound in said earpiece housing member; e) said distal end of said movable cord member being connected to said earpiece assembly; and f) said first contact member being movable in either a forward direction or a rearward direction as the driver's head moves as the driver starts to doze or fall asleep such that said first contact member engages one of said second contact members in order to activate said alarm member and produce said alarm sound in the driver's ear from said speaker member of said alarm member for awakening the driver from his/her dozing or sleeping state.