IP Library Granted Patent US 10,446,006
Granted Patent B1
US 10,446,006 · App. 14/860,886 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Pet abandonment alert device

Inventors: David W. Johnson, Jr. (Baltimore, MD); Sethia E. Scott (Baltimore, MD)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,446,006
App. No.
14/860,886
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system utilizing transceivers and alarm sounders alerts an individual that a pet has been left in a vehicle when that individual is more than a certain distance away from the pet. A temperature sensor is provided with the transceiver located on the pet to further alert the individual if the temperature to which the pet is exposed rises above a certain level.

Claims (22)

1. A pet abandonment alert system to alert an individual that a pet has been left in a vehicle when the individual is more than a certain distance away from the pet, comprising:

a transmitter assembly secured to a pet collar having a transmitter microprocessor receiving electrical power from a transmitter power source;

a transmitter in electrical communication with said transmitter microprocessor;

a temperature sensor producing temperature data and in electrical communication with said transmitter microprocessor;

a plurality of light sources in electrical communication with said transmitter microprocessor;

wherein said transmitter assembly further includes a transmitter housing having a transmitter attachment means for securing said transmitter assembly to said pet collar;

wherein said light sources include at least one light-emitting diode (LED), said light sources are grouped according to wavelength of the illumination; and,

wherein said light sources are sequentially activated as a temperature of an environment external to the pet wearing said pet collar having said transmitter assembly attached increases;

a receiver assembly having a receiver microprocessor in electrical communication with a receiver power source, said receiver assembly further comprises:

a key fob receiver housing;

a receiver in electrical communication with said receiver microprocessor and in wireless communication with said transmitter;

a display screen in electrical communication with said receiver microprocessor;

a receiver alarm in electrical communication with said receiver microprocessor;

wherein said display screen displays a temperature data as a graph;

wherein said transmitter microprocessor causes said transmitter to send said temperature data to said receiver;

wherein said receiver alarm is activated when said temperature data exceeds a temperature threshold;

wherein said transmitter microprocessor causes each individual light source of said light sources to sequentially emit illumination at a wavelength that corresponds to a finite range of temperatures;

a temperature set point decrement switch located on said transmitter housing and in electrical communication with said transmitter microprocessor;

a transmitter alarm speaker located on said transmitter housing and in electrical communication with said transmitter microprocessor;

a transmitter volume control located on said transmitter housing and in electrical communication between said transmitter alarm speaker and said transmitter microprocessor; and

a transmitter reset switch located on said transmitter housing and in electrical communication between said transmitter alarm speaker and said transmitter microprocessor;

wherein the transmitter reset switch is configured to shut off both the transmitter alarm and the receiver temperature alarm.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62053417 · Sep 22, 2014
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