Locking harness
AssigneeFriedman IP Holdings, LLC
InventorMark J. Friedman
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Abstract
A retainer apparatus including a first retainer portion, a second retainer portion, a wireless transceiver, and a sensor. The sensor includes a first sensor portion physically contained within the first retainer portion and a second sensor portion physically contained within the second retainer portion. The first retainer portion is removably attached to the second retainer portion. The sensor is configured to detect the first retainer portion being disconnected from the second retainer portion and generate a warning signal. The wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly transmit the warning signal to a controller in a vehicle to activate an audible warning alert to warn a user in the vehicle of the first retainer portion being disconnected from the second retainer portion.
Claims20
A retainer apparatus comprising:
- a first retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a first adjustable harness strap of a car seat;
- a second retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a second adjustable harness strap of the car seat, wherein said first retainer portion is directly and removably attached to said second retainer portion;
- a wireless transceiver physically contained within at least one of said first retainer portion and said second retainer portion;
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- a sensor comprising a first sensor portion physically contained within said first retainer portion and a second sensor portion physically contained within said second retainer portion, wherein said sensor is configured to detect said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion and generate a warning signal indicating said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion, and wherein said wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly transmit said warning signal to a controller in a vehicle to activate an audible warning alert to warn a user in said vehicle of said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion.
A retainer apparatus comprising:
- a first retainer portion removably attached to a second retainer portion, wherein said first retainer portion is configured to be slidably attached to a first adjustable harness strap of a car seat, and wherein said second retainer portion is configured to be slidably attached to a second adjustable harness strap of the car seat;
- a wireless transceiver contained within at least one of said first retainer portion and said second retainer portion;
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- a sensor comprising a first sensor portion physically contained within said first retainer portion and a second sensor portion physically contained within said second retainer portion, wherein said sensor is configured to detect said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion and generate a warning signal indicating said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion, wherein said wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly transmit said warning signal to a controller in a vehicle to activate an audible warning alert to warn a user in said vehicle of said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion.
A method comprising:
- removably attaching a first retainer portion, slidably attached to a first adjustable harness strap of a car seat, to a second retainer portion slidably attached to a second adjustable harness strap of the car seat, wherein said first retainer portion and said second retainer portion are comprised by a retainer apparatus;
- detecting, by a sensor comprising a first sensor portion physically contained within said first retainer portion and a second sensor portion physically contained within said second retainer portion, said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion;
- generating, by said sensor, a warning signal indicating said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion;
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- wirelessly transmitting, by a wireless transceiver within a surface of at least one of said first retainer portion and said second retainer portion, said warning signal to a controller in a vehicle to activate an audible warning alert to warn a user in said vehicle of said first retainer portion being disconnected from said second retainer portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.