Weight sensing parking pad device
OwnerLluvia Espinozainventor
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Abstract
A weight sensing parking pad device includes a pad having a length and a width that is sufficient to accommodate a tire of a motorized vehicle. The pad can be placed on a support surface to facilitate the tire of the motorized vehicle to be parked upon the pad. A weight sensor is integrated into the pad to sense the weight of the tire when the motorized vehicle is parked on the pad. A communication unit is integrated into the pad and the communication unit is in remote communication with a personal electronic device. The communication unit broadcasts an alert to the personal electronic device when the weight sensor ceases to sense weight after having sensed weight for a minimum duration of time. In this way user is notified that the motorized vehicle has been moved from the pad and has potentially been stolen.
Claims6
A weight sensing parking pad device for alerting an owner of a vehicle when the vehicle has been moved from a parking spot thereby facilitating the user to respond to a potential theft of the vehicle, said device comprising:
- a pad having a length and a width being sufficient to accommodate a tire of a motorized vehicle wherein said pad is configured to be placed on a support surface to facilitate the tire of the motorized vehicle to be parked upon said pad, said pad being comprised of a resilient material wherein said pad is configured to resist being damaged by the weight of the motorized vehicle;
- a weight sensor being integrated into said pad wherein said weight sensor is configured to sense the weight of the tire when the motorized vehicle is parked on said pad;
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- a communication unit being integrated into said pad, said communication unit being in communication with said weight sensor, said communication unit being in remote communication with a personal electronic device being associated with a user of the motorized vehicle, said communication unit broadcasting an alert to said personal electronic device when said weight sensor ceases to sense weight after having sensed weight for a preselected minimum duration of time wherein said communication unit is configured to alert the user that the motorized vehicle has been moved from said pad and has potentially been stolen.
A weight sensing parking pad device for alerting an owner of a vehicle when the vehicle has been moved from a parking spot thereby facilitating the user to respond to a potential theft of the vehicle, said device comprising:
- a pad having a length and a width being sufficient to accommodate a tire of a motorized vehicle wherein said pad is configured to be placed on a support surface to facilitate the tire of the motorized vehicle to be parked upon said pad, said pad being comprised of a resilient material wherein said pad is configured to resist being damaged by the weight of the motorized vehicle, said pad having a prominence rising from a top surface of said pad wherein said prominence is configured to accommodate the tire when said pad is positioned on the support surface, said prominence having a lateral bounding edge which has a plurality of intersecting sides such that said prominence has a rectangular shape, each of said plurality of intersecting sides being spaced from and being oriented parallel to a respective one of a plurality of intersecting sides of a perimeter edge of said pad, said pad having a battery access extending through said bottom surface of said pad;
- a weight sensor being integrated into said pad wherein said weight sensor is configured to sense the weight of the tire when the motorized vehicle is parked on said pad, said weight sensor being positioned between said top surface and a bottom surface of said pad, said weight sensor being aligned with said prominence such that said weight sensor extends along a full length and a full width of said prominence wherein said weight sensor is configured to be engaged by the tire regardless of where the tire rests on said prominence;
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- a communication unit being integrated into said pad, said communication unit being in communication with said weight sensor, said communication unit being in remote communication with a personal electronic device being associated with a user of the motorized vehicle, said communication unit broadcasting an alert to said personal electronic device when said weight sensor ceases to sense weight after having sensed weight for a preselected minimum duration of time wherein said communication unit is configured to alert the user that the motorized vehicle has been moved from said pad and has potentially been stolen, said communication unit comprising:
- a processor being integrated into said pad, said processor being electrically coupled to said weight sensor, said processor receiving a weight input when said weigh sensor senses weight for a trigger duration of time, said processor receiving a no-weight input when said weight sensor does not sense weight subsequent to said weight sensor sensing weight for said trigger duration of time;
- a transceiver being integrated into said pad, said transceiver being electrically coupled to said processor, said transceiver being in wireless communication with said personal electronic device, said transceiver broadcasting an alert signal to said personal electronic device when said processor receives said no-weight input;
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- a power supply being integrated into said pad, said power supply being electrically coupled to said processor, said power supply comprising at least one battery being aligned with said battery access in said bottom surface of said pad to facilitate removal and replacement of said at least one battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.