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US 5,471,199 AGranted
Personal lockable alarm device
OwnerZhiping Yuaninventor
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Abstract
A personal lockable alarm device may be lockably attached to either an ankle or a wrist to produce a loud noise when activated, and may not be deactivated or removed from the ankle or wrist until a code is entered into a locking mechanism of the device.
Claims12
A personal lockable alarm device comprising:
- an outer housing;
- a band having a first end attached to said outer housing and a second end opposite said first end;
- a receptacle located on said outer housing for receiving said second end of said band;
- locking means for selectively engaging said second end of said band within said receptacle, thereby maintaining said second end of said band therein and, alternatively, for releasing said second end of said strap therefrom when said locking means is located in an unlocked position;
- alarm signal generation means located within said outer housing for producing an alarm signal when activated;
- a manual alarm switch;
- an alarm enabling switch located within said outer housing selectively adjustable between an enabling position for activating said alarm signal generation means upon the actuation of said manual alarm switch and a disabling position for deactivating said alarm signal generation means;
- lock position detection means for detecting when said locking means is located in said locked position and, alternatively, in said unlocked position;
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- means for deactivating said alarm signal generation means by said alarm enablings when said locking means is located in said unlocked position as detected by said lock position detection means.
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A personal lockable alarm device comprising:
- an outer housing;
- a band having a first end attached to said outer housing and a second end opposite said first end;
- a receptacle located on said outer housing for receiving said second end of said band;
- a locking shaft having a first inner portion contained within said outer housing, said first inner portion of said locking shaft including means for selectively engaging said second end of said band within said receptacle when said first inner portion of said locking shaft is located in a locked position, and releasing said second end of said band located from said receptacle when said first inner portion of said locking shaft is located in an unlocked position;
- an outer portion of said locking shaft extending out from said outer housing, said outer portion thereof selectively placed in a raised position having a maximum amount of said outer portion of said locking shaft extending out from said outer housing, or a lowered position and having a minimum amount of said outer portion of said locking shaft extending out from said outer housing, said first inner portion of said locking shaft being placed in said locked position when said outer portion thereof is located in said lowered position and in said unlocked position when said outer portion thereof is located in said raised position;
- alarm signal generation means located within said outer housing for producing an alarm signal when activated;
- a manual alarm switch;
- an alarm enabling switch located within said outer housing selectively adjustable between an enabling position for activating said alarm signal generation means when said manual switch closed and a disabling position for deactivating said alarm signal generation means;
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- lock position detection means for detecting when first inner portion of said locking shaft is located in said locked position and, alternatively, in said unlocked position;
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- means for deactivating said alarm signal generation means when said first inner portion of said locking shaft is located in said unlocked position as detected by said lock position detection means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.