US 11,107,340 B1 · Automobile child alert warning system

Abstract

An automobile child alert warning system that will prevent young children, babies, and, pets from dying as a result of being left alone in hot locked automobiles. The system includes a warning light, a recording mechanism, a time delay provision, a speaker, and a visual and verbal warning message that alerts driver to make sure everyone has vacated from the vehicle at the end of the trip. This system may be built into a dashboard of the automobile during the manufacturing process. Preferably, the warning light will protrude through the speedometer or be placed adjacent to it. The speedometer location is the ideal location for this warning device because speedometers are usually located directly in front of the driver. In actuality, all that will be visible of this device will be the red warning light. The rest of the components will be hidden behind the dashboard.

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Dependent claims

An automobile child alert warning system for an automobile having a dashboard and a speedometer, the automobile child alert warning system comprising:

a housing to be secured to an inside of the dashboard of the automobile;
a warning system provided jointly in the housing and behind the speedometer, the warning system comprising a warning light, a speaker and a display;
a time delay device enclosed within the housing to control the warning system based on a cycle, wherein the cycle starts when ignition of the automobile is turned on and the cycle stops after a prearranged time after the ignition of the automobile is turned off and stops, and wherein, during the cycle, the automobile child alert warning system is configured to:
activate the warning system to turn on the warning light, as soon as the ignition of the automobile is turned on,
activate blinking on and off the warning light, and at the same time, a beeping warning sound via the speaker begins to make a driver of the automobile more alert to listen to a verbal message and to view a visual message on the display, immediately after the ignition is turned off and up to the prearranged time after the ignition is turned off.

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