# US 2014/0189988 A1 · Portable alarm system for coffins > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0189988 A1 - Document ID: US20140189988A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/736,010 - Filed: 2013-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Inventors: ABDULREIDHA ABDULRASOUL ALSAFFAR - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140189988A1 ## CPC - A62B 33/00: Devices for allowing seemingly-dead persons to escape or draw attention; Breathing apparatus for accidentally buried persons - G08B 21/00: Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for - A62B: DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C9/00; divers' equipment B63C11/00; specially adopted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes, ejector seats, {B64D17/00, B64D25/10}; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F11/00) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract The portable alarm system for coffins is a system that enables a person who has been mistakenly interred to transmit a signal that indicates that he/she is alive. The system includes a signal transmitting structure removably secured in the coffin or tomb. A lamp or light source provides illumination for the tomb or coffin to allay the effect of panic for the entombed person. A receiving device is located in a prominent place, whereby the transmitted signal may be readily and quickly observed by security or other personnel. After a predetermined period, the system can be easily removed from the coffin for reuse. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable alarm system for coffins, comprising: a hollow shaft having an upper end and a lower end; a wireless transmitter for transmitting a signal disposed at the upper end of the hollow shaft; a lamp box disposed at the lower end of the hollow shaft; a lamp disposed in the lamp box, the lamp being extendable therefrom; a plurality of wires connected to the lamp and extending through the hollow shaft; a reel mechanism positioned in the hollow shaft and connected to the plurality of wires, whereby the plurality of wires may alternately be rolled up and extended through the hollow shaft and the lamp may alternately be extended from and retracted into the lamp box a motor for operating the reel mechanism; and a wireless receiver configured for receiving the signal transmitted by the wireless transmitter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 1, wherein said wireless transmitter is provided with an audible and a visual alarm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 1, wherein said wireless receiver is provided with an audible and a visual alarm. ### Claim 4 (canceled) ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 1, wherein said lamp includes a switch for activating the wireless transmitter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 1, further including a plurality of appendages pivotally attached to said lamp box for pivoting movement thereon. ### Claim 7 A portable alarm system for coffins, comprising: a hollow shaft having an upper end and a lower end; a wireless transmitter for transmitting a signal disposed at the upper end of the hollow shaft, the wireless transmitter having audible and visual alarms; a lamp box disposed at the lower end of the hollow shaft; a lamp disposed in the lamp box, the lamp being extendable therefrom; a plurality of wires connected to the lamp and extending through the hollow shaft; a reel mechanism positioned in the hollow shaft and connected to the plurality of wires, including means for operating the reel mechanism; wherein the means for operating the reel mechanism is selected from a motor and a manually operated hand crank; whereby the plural wires may alternately be rolled up and extended through the hollow shaft and the lamp may alternately be extended from and retracted into the lamp box; and a wireless receiver configured for receiving the signal transmitted by the wireless transmitter, the receiver having audible and visual alarms. ### Claim at position 8 8-10. (canceled) ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 7, wherein said lamp includes a switch for activating the wireless transmitter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 7, further including a plurality of appendages pivotally attached to said lamp box for pivoting movement thereon. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The portable alarm system for coffins according to claim 7, wherein said visual alarms for said transmitter and said receiver are flashing lights. ### Claim 14 A portable alarm system for coffins, comprising: a hollow shaft having an upper end and a lower end; a wireless transmitter for transmitting a signal disposed at the upper end of the hollow shaft, the wireless transmitter having audible and visual alarms, the visual alarm being flashing lights; a lamp box disposed at the lower end of the hollow shaft; a plurality of appendages pivotally attached to the lamp box for pivoting movement thereon; a lamp disposed in the lamp box and being extendable therefrom; a plurality of wires connected to the lamp and extending through the hollow shaft; a switch on the lamp for activating the wireless transmitter; a reel mechanism positioned in the hollow shaft and connected to the plurality of wires, whereby the plurality of wires may alternately be rolled up and extended through the hollow shaft and the lamp may alternately be extended from and retracted into the lamp box; means for operating the reel mechanism; wherein the means for operating the reel mechanism is selected from a motor and a manually operated hand crank; and a wireless receiver for receiving the signal transmitted by the wireless transmitter, the receiver having audible and visual alarms, the visual alarm being flashing lights. ### Claim at position 13 15-16. (canceled)