# US 11,443,599 B1 · Systems and methods to provide a portable alert device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,599 B1 - Document ID: US11443599B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/695,749 - Filed: 2022-03-15 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-15 - Assignees: Birdie Love LLC - Applicants: Birdie Love LLC - Inventors: Alison Peters; Amy Ferber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443599B1 ## CPC - G08B 3/1016: {using wireless transmission (calling systems using transmission by inductive loop H04B5/00)} - G08B 25/016: {Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12)} - G08B 21/02: Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons - G08B 15/004: {using portable personal devices (hand-held or body-worn self-defence devices using repellent gases or chemicals F41H9/10)} - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract Systems and methods to provide a portable alert device are disclosed herein. The system may include a key component that includes a connector extending from a first side and a base component. The key component is shaped with a first indent and a second indent on opposite sides. The base component includes: a back piece shaped with a first ledge and a second ledge opposite the first ledge that extend out of an interior of the back piece; a front piece that joins with the back piece to enclose a portion of the key component so that the first ledge is positioned within the first indent and the second ledge is positioned with the second indent, the first ledge within the first indent and the second ledge within the second indent prevent the key component from entirely disengaging with the base component; a transceiver; and alert components. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable alert device, the portable alert device comprising: a key component including a connector, wherein the connector is bare metal and extends out a center of a first side of the key component, wherein: a second side of the key component is shaped with a first indent in a first portion of the key component, a third side of the key component is shaped with a second indent in the first portion, the first indent being opposite the second indent; and a base component including: a back piece shaped with a first ledge and a second ledge that extend out of an interior surface near a fourth side of the base component, wherein the second ledge is opposite the first ledge, a front piece that joins with the back piece to enclose the first portion of the key component so that the first ledge is positioned within the first indent and the second ledge is positioned within the second indent, such that an outward movement of the key component from the base component is permitted while the first ledge within the first indent and the second ledge within the second indent prevent the key component from entirely disengaging with the base component, a transceiver connected to alert components and wirelessly link the alert components to a mobile smart device associated with a user of the portable alert device to enable management of the alert components with a mobile application, and the alert components including an audible alarm and a button connected to the transceiver, wherein different selection combinations of the button are defined via the mobile application by the user to cause different communication alerts, wherein the connector engages with the alert components so that: responsive to the connector being disengaged from the alert components, the audible alarm is activated, responsive to the connector being engaged with the alert components, the audible alarm is deactivated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the connector is 11 millimeters in length. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the connector includes an end portion that is furthest from the key component, wherein the end portion includes a tapered section and a rim that is attached to the tapered section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the connector is cylindrical. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the key component includes an annular opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The portable alert device of claim 5, wherein the first portion of the key component includes a portion of the annular opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the alert components are battery powered, and wherein the back piece further includes a removeable battery door. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the audible alarm is 130 decibels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, wherein the different communication alerts include placement of a prerecorded call to the mobile smart device in response to a first selection combination of the button, transmission of a text message from an external resource to the mobile smart device in response to a second selection combination of the button, and transmission of a location of the mobile smart device to one or more other mobile smart devices in response to a third selection combination of the button. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The portable alert device of claim 1, further comprising a power switch connected to the audible alarm that enables function of the audible alarm upon disengagement and engagement of the connector from the alert components. ### Claim 11 A method for providing alerts via a portable alert device, the method comprising: responsive to a connector included in a key component being disengaged from alert components included in a base component, activating an audible alarm included in the base component, wherein the connector is engaged with the alert components to enable such disengagement, wherein the key component is bare metal and extends out a center of a first side of the key component, wherein: a second side of the key component is shaped with a first indent in a first portion of the key component, a third side of the key component is shaped with a second indent in the first portion, the first indent being opposite the second indent, the base component includes: a back piece shaped with a first ledge and a second ledge that extend out of an interior surface near a fourth side of the base component, wherein the second ledge is opposite the first ledge, a front piece that joins with the back piece to enclose the first portion of the key component so that the first ledge is positioned within the first indent and the second ledge is positioned within the second indent, such that an outward movement of the key component from the base component is permitted while the first ledge within the first indent and the second ledge within the second indent prevent the key component from entirely disengaging with the base component, a transceiver connected to the alert components and wirelessly link the alert components to a mobile smart device associated with a user of the portable alert device to enable management of the alert components with a mobile application, and the alert components including the audible alarm and a button connected to the transceiver, wherein different selection combinations of the button are defined via the mobile application by the user to cause different communication alerts, responsive to the connector being engaged with the alert components, deactivating the audible alarm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the connector is 11 millimeters in length. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the connector includes an end portion that is furthest from the key component, wherein the end portion includes a tapered section and a rim that is attached to the tapered section. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the connector is cylindrical. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the key component includes an annular opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first portion of the key component includes a portion of the annular opening. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the alert components are battery powered, and wherein the back piece further includes a removeable battery door. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the audible alarm is 130 decibels. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the different communication alerts include placement of a prerecorded call to the mobile smart device in response to a first selection combination of the button, transmission of a text message from an external resource to the mobile smart device in response to a second selection combination of the button, and transmission of a location of the mobile smart device to one or more other mobile smart devices in response to a third selection combination of the button. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, the base component further comprising a power switch connected to the audible alarm that enables function of the audible alarm upon disengagement and engagement of the connector from the alert components.