Seat occupancy indicator device and method
OwnerTerence Murphyinventor
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Abstract
A seat occupancy indicator device and method; the seat occupancy indicator device includes a housing made of a rigid material (the housing has a housing-exterior and a housing-interior-volume); a plurality of indicator lights, the plurality of indicator lights disposed on the housing-exterior, the plurality of indicator lights viewable from a location outside of the housing; a control-circuit, the control-circuit located within the housing-interior-volume, the control-circuit communicatively coupled to the plurality of indicator lights. The seat occupancy indicator is useful for indicating occupancy of a seat.
Claims21
A seat occupancy indication device, the device comprising:
- a housing comprising a rigid material and having an exterior and an interior;
- and
- a control-circuit
- located within the interior,
- and having
- an indicator light including a colored light emitting diode
- viewable outside of the housing
- a timer connected to the indicator light
- and
- a reset switch accessible on the exterior connected to the timer.
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A method of reserving a seating location comprising:
- providing a timer device in or on the seating location;
- sitting in the seating location;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.