# US 10,308,141 B1 · Vehicle occupancy alerting system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,141 B1 - Document ID: US10308141B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/849,064 - Filed: 2017-12-20 - Published: 2019-06-20 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-20 - Applicants: Ceola Burks - Inventors: Ceola Burks - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308141B1 ## CPC - B60N 2/002: {Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon (detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266)} - G01G 19/414: using electronic computing means only - G01G 19/4142: {for controlling activation of safety devices, e.g. airbag systems (electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents B60R21/015)} - B60N 2210/40: Force or pressure sensors - B60N 2230/10: Wired data transmission - B60Q 9/00: Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} - G08B 21/22: responsive to presence or absence of persons - G08B 21/24: Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract A vehicle occupancy alerting system for alerting a driver of a passenger positioned in a seat of a car includes a vehicle and a plurality of seats mounted within the vehicle. The plurality of seats includes a back seat. An occupant warning system is mounted on the vehicle and warns a driver of the vehicle that a person is on the back seat when the vehicle has been turned off. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A warning system for alerting a driver of a passenger positioned in a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a vehicle and a plurality of seats being mounted within said vehicle, said plurality of seats including a back seat; and an occupant warning system being configured to warn a driver of said vehicle that a person is on said back seat when said vehicle has been turned off, said occupant warning system comprising a housing, said housing being configured for positioning on a dashboard of said vehicle wherein said housing is further configured to be visible to the driver of the vehicle, a control circuit being mounted in said housing, said control circuit being in communication with a processor of said vehicle, said processor sending a powered signal or an unpowered signal to said control circuit associated with a powered state of said vehicle, a power source being electrically coupled to said control circuit, a plurality of pressure sensors being electrically coupled to said control circuit, each of said pressure sensors being positioned remote of said housing, a sound emitter being mounted in said housing and being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said sound emitter emitting an audible alarm when said control circuit receives said unpowered signal and one of said pressure sensors detects pressure, and a light emitter being mounted on said housing and being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said light emitter emitting a visible light when said control circuit receives said unpowered signal and one of said pressure sensors detects pressure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The warning system according to claim 1, wherein said power source comprises an electrical power system of said vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The warning system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said pressure sensors is positioned on said back seat. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The warning system according to claim 1, wherein said sound emitter emits an audible alarm when said control circuit receives said unpowered signal and one of said pressure sensors detects pressure greater than 5.0 lbs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The warning system according to claim 1, wherein said light emitter emits a visible light when said control circuit receives said unpowered signal and one of said pressure sensors detects pressure greater than 5.0 lbs. ### Claim 6 A warning system for alerting a driver of a passenger positioned in a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a vehicle and a plurality of seats being mounted within said vehicle, said plurality of seats including a back seat; an occupant warning system being configured to warn a driver of said vehicle that a person is on said back seat when said vehicle has been turned off, said occupant warning system comprising: a housing, said housing being configured for positioning on a dashboard of said vehicle wherein said housing is further configured to be visible to the driver of the vehicle; a control circuit being mounted in said housing, said control circuit being in communication with a processor of said vehicle, said processor sending a powered signal or an unpowered signal to said control circuit associated with a powered state of said vehicle; a power source being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said power source comprising an electrical power system of said vehicle; a plurality of pressure sensors being electrically coupled to said control circuit, each of said pressure sensors being positioned remote of said housing, at least one of said pressure sensors being positioned on said back seat; a sound emitter being mounted in said housing and being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said sound emitter emitting an audible alarm when said control circuit receives said unpowered signal and one of said pressure sensors detects pressure greater than 5.0 lbs; and a light emitter being mounted on said housing and being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said light emitter emitting a visible light when said control circuit receives said unpowered signal and one of said pressure sensors detects pressure greater than 5.0 lbs.