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US 6,472,989 B2Granted
Child protection bracelet
OwnerFrederick H. Roy, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A child protection bracelet for preventing unauthorized passage of a child through the monitored entrance or exit region of a public facility includes a flexible band which can be locked upon a child's wrist or ankle. Attached to the band is a housing which protectively confines an alarm-activating component which is activated by passage through said monitored region.
Claims5
A protection bracelet of lightweight construction adapted to be functionally employed upon a child's wrist or ankle, comprising:
- a) a flexible band elongated upon a center axis between opposite extremities and bounded by inner and outer surfaces, said band having axially extending steel wire reinforcement embedded therein,
- b) a lock pin having a head associated with said band and a stem emergent from said head and further emergent from the outer surface of said band, said stem adapted to penetrate said band when said band is doubled upon itself in a circuitous path of adjustable size, and
- c) a housing having a substantially flat bottom panel provided with a hole that receives said stem, and a shell portion sealed to said bottom panel, said housing protectively confining:
- 1) locking means for releasibly engaging said stem, and comprised of ball bearings and a spring which forces said bearings into tight frictional engagement with said stem, and
- 2) at least one EAS alarm-activating component.
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