Child safety seat mobile alarm and method therefor

摘要

The instant disclosure provides a child safety seat alarm to notify the driver of a vehicle that an infant is in its carrier inside of the vehicle when a personal electronic device carried by the driver is moved a great distance from the carrier. The instant disclosure provides a computer application for notification of user selected contacts via SMS messaging, e-mail messaging, or social media alerts.

主权项

1. An alert system for monitoring a child buckled in a child safety seat in a vehicle, the system comprising:
a child safety seat having a lap buckle having two or more buckle portions capable of engaging with each other to secure a child within said safety seat, said lap buckle further comprising at least one transceiver for wireless communication and a sensor configured to activate said at least one transceiver to generate a wireless signal upon buckling of the child safety seat; at least one portable device configured to receive said wireless signal, said at least one portable device programmably controlled to monitor that said at least one portable device remains within a predetermined programmed distance range from said child safety seat while said two or more buckle portions are engaged with each other; said portable electronic device further comprising:
a computing platform having an input for inputting user data;a processor;a memory in communication with said processor; anda mechanism capable of communicating data over a wireless communication network to transmit an alarm notification and said user data to at least one user-selected contact;said user data elected from the group comprising: vehicle location data, vehicle information data, vehicle image data, parent name data, child name data, child age data, child gender data, child medical data, and child image data;said alarm notification transmitted by said mechanism to at least one user-selected contact selected from the group comprising: a pre-recorded voice message, an email message, and a text message; wherein said at least one portable device transmits an alarm signal if said predetermined programmed distance range is exceeded by said at least one portable device; wherein said alarm signal includes at least one alarm selected from the group comprising an audible alarm, a visual alarm, and a vibration alarm.