Alarming device for a parking brake of a vehicle
View Patent ↗The present invention is an alarming device for a vehicle that alerts drivers in the event the ignition is switched off and/or the seatbelt is unlocked and the parking brake is in release mode. The alarming device includes an ignition system, a parking brake, a seatbelt assembly, at least one sensor and at least one alert device. The ignition system is manipulable in a switch-ON state and a switch-OFF state. The Parking brake is manipulable in a brake mode and a release mode. The sensor is connected with and senses the ignition system, parking brake and/or seatbelt assembly. Alert device is signaled to be activated by sensor when ignition is being switched to switch-OFF state and/or seatbelt is disconnected from seatbelt lock and the parking brake is in release mode. Alert device notifies by a sound indication and/or a light indication.
1. An alarming device for a vehicle, said device comprising:
An ignition system manipulable in a switch-ON state and a switch-OFF state, said ignition system including a key hole and an ignition key, wherein said ignition system is in said switch-OFF state when said ignition key is removed from said key hole, wherein said ignition system is in said switch-ON state when said ignition key is mounted within said key hole, wherein said ignition system is an existing ignition system in a vehicle, wherein said ignition system additionally includes a sensor thereon configured to sense if said ignition system is in said switch-ON state or said switch-OFF state, wherein said vehicle is a tractor; and
A parking brake manipulable in a brake mode and a release mode, wherein said parking brake is an air brake system, said parking brake having a rectangular frame and includes a first knob and a second knob and further includes a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism, wherein said first locking mechanism and said second locking mechanism include a sensor thereon, wherein said sensor is connected to a brake system of said vehicle, wherein said first knob and said second knob are mounted adjacently next to each other on said rectangular frame, wherein said first knob includes a cylindrical body protruding perpendicularly from a center portion on a left side of said rectangular frame, wherein said first knob further includes a first knob member mounted to a protruding end of said cylindrical body, wherein said first knob member is hexagonal in shape and extends beyond the diameter of said cylindrical body, wherein said second knob includes a cylindrical body protruding perpendicularly from a center portion on a right side of said rectangular frame, wherein said second knob further includes a second knob member mounted to a protruding end of said cylindrical body, wherein said second knob member has a diamond shape, wherein said parking brake further includes alert devices to be activated when said ignition system is in said switch-OFF state and said parking brake being in said release mode or if said seatbelt is disengaged without activating said parking brake, wherein said parking brake is communicably mounted with said ignition system and to a locking mechanism for a seatbelt of said vehicle, wherein said seatbelt remains in a locked position upon said ignition system being in the switch-OFF state and the parking brake is in the release mode.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sensor is wirelessly connected with at least one of said ignition system and said parking brake.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sensor is connected with at least one wire to at least one of said ignition system and said parking brake.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said alert device is a light indicator.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said alert device is a sound indicator.
6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sensor senses a seatbelt assembly and signals activation of said alert device in event when said seatbelt is disconnected from seatbelt lock and said parking brake is in release mode.
7. An alarming device for a vehicle, said device comprising:
An ignition system manipulable in a switch-ON state and a switch-OFF state, said ignition system including a key hole and an ignition key, wherein said ignition system is in said switch-OFF state when said ignition key is removed from said key hole, wherein said ignition system is in said switch-ON state when said ignition key is mounted within said key hole, wherein said ignition system is an existing ignition system in a vehicle, wherein said ignition system additionally includes a sensor thereon configured to sense if said ignition system is in said switch-ON state or said switch-OFF state, wherein said vehicle is a tractor;
A parking brake manipulable in a brake mode and a release mode, wherein said parking brake is an air brake system, said parking brake having a rectangular frame and includes a first knob and a second knob and further includes a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism, wherein said first locking mechanism and said second locking mechanism include a sensor thereon; and
A seat belt assembly defined with a seatbelt and a seatbelt lock;
Characterized in that:
a sensor connected with said ignition system and said parking brake; and
At least one alert device activated by said sensor in event when at least one of:
Said ignition being switched to switch-OFF state and said parking brake being in release mode; and/or
Said seatbelt disconnected from said seatbelt lock and said parking brake being in release mode.
8. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said sensor is wirelessly connected with at least one of said ignition system, said parking brake and said seatbelt assembly.
9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sensor is connected with at least one wire to at least one of said ignition system, said parking brake and seatbelt assembly.
10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said alert device is a light indicator.
11. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said alert device is a sound indicator.