Alarm apparatus for use on a toilet and method
OwnerKenneth H. Eastinventor
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Abstract
A battery operated, self-contained toilet alarm system may be attached to any movable member utilized for gaining access to the toilet for alerting adults in a household with small children that a toilet lid is open and thus presenting a danger of drowning or serious injury to the children utilizes a time delay switch contained in a housing (A) or as a part of a kit to deactivate the alarm for selected periods of time allowing the system to reactivate itself after the delay is over emitting a noise to alert adults within the vicinity of the toilet, even when the toilet lid is only partially open.
Claims7
A method for sounding an alarm for use on a toilet indicating access by a child, having a member which must be moved for gaining access for using the toilet, comprising the steps of:
- providing an assembly and means for securing the assembly to said member;
- mounting a battery in said assembly;
- sounding an audible signal responsive to an alarm device powered by said battery carried in said assembly;
- actuating said alarm device when said member is moved through a predetermined angle responsive to a position operated switch;
- controlling and deactivating said position operated switch responsive to a switch actuator in said assembly;
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- deactivating said position operated switch after a predetermined time, so that said position operated switch is reactivated after said time delay;
- whereby an audible signal is given indicating that the member has been moved.
A kit containing alarm for use on a toilet having a member which must be moved for gaining access for using the toilet, comprising:
- a housing;
- means for securing said housing to said member;
- a receptacle for battery carried in said housing;
- an alarm device powered by said battery for supplying an audible signal;
- a position operated switch for actuating said alarm device when said member is moved through a predetermined angle;
- a switch actuator for controlling and deactivating said position operated switch;
- and
- a time delay after deactivating said position operated switch, so that said position operated switch is reactivated after said time delay;
- whereby an audible signal is given indicating that the member has been moved.
An alarm for use on a toilet having a member which must be moved for gaining access for using the toilet, comprising:
- an assembly;
- means for securing said assembly to said member;
- a receptacle for a battery carried in said assembly;
- an alarm device powered by said battery for supplying an audible signal carried in said assembly;
- a position operated switch carried in said assembly actuating said alarm device when said member is moved through a predetermined angle;
- a timing device causing said audible signal to follow a repeating pattern of being audible for a predetermined period of time and then remaining silent for a predetermined period of time;
- a switch actuator in said assembly for controlling and deactivating said position operated switch;
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- a time delay after deactivating said position operated switch, so that said position operated switch is reactivated after said time delay;
- whereby an audible signal is given indicating that the member has been moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.