Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specified indicator structure
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-21
2001-05-29
Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2632)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specified indicator structure
C340S471000, C340S505000, C340S573100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06239715
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to beepers and more particularly to a beeper system that includes a beeper attached to a locking flexible band; the locking flexible band being constructed from a flexible material and including a locking end having a beeper housing insertion portion provided with a locking bolt aperture; the beeper including a beeper housing and a beeper circuit; the beeper housing having the beeper circuit provided therein, a band end receiving cavity formed into a sidewall thereof sized to receive a beeper housing insertion portion of a locking end of the flexible band and having a locking bolt movement portion in connection therewith, a speaker grate on an exterior surface thereof, a digital display on an exterior surface, a key receiving portion of an on/off keyswitch and band lock assembly extending through an exterior surface thereof, and a wearer speaker silence button extending through an exterior surface thereof; the beeper circuit including a programmable beeper controller having a radio input in connection with a radio receiver including a radio antenna, a display output in connection with the digital display, a speaker output in connection with a speaker, a silence input in connection with the wearer speaker silence button, and a keyswitch input in connection with the on/off keyswitch and band lock; the keyswitch and band lock including a two position electrical switch positionable between a closed and an open position with a key wherein positioning the electrical switch into the closed position causes a J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move upward from an unlocked position to a locked position and positioning the electrical switch into the open position causes the J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move downward from a locked position to an unlocked position; the speaker being positioned within the housing behind the speaker grate; the beeper controller circuit being programmed to activate the digital display and the speaker when an activation signal is received by the radio receiver, to temporarily allow a wearer to silence the speaker by depressing the wearer speaker silence button a fixed number of times, to reactivate the speaker after being deactivated by the depressing of the wearer speaker silence button after a predetermined time interval, to, once the last predetermined time interval has elapsed, finally activate the speaker at an increasing sound level that increases from a normal level to a high level over an elapsed period of time, and to only deactivate the speaker when an off input is received from the on/off keyswitch and band lock.
BACKGROUND ART
It is often difficult to get a child to return home at a predetermined time or when told over a phone or the like. It would be desirable therefore, to have a beeper system that could be attached to the child, such as around the wrist, waist or neck, by a band preventing removal of the beeper and that included a beeper which reached a no shut off mode wherein a speaker outputs an audible output of increasing loudness until the beeper is turned off by keyswitch controlled or kept by the supervising adult. To provide the child with a warning period a wearer silence button can be provided on the beeper.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a beeper system that includes a beeper attached to a locking flexible band; the locking flexible band being constructed from a flexible material and including a locking end having a beeper housing insertion portion provided with a locking bolt aperture; the beeper including a beeper housing and a beeper circuit; the beeper housing having the beeper circuit provided therein, a band end receiving cavity formed into a sidewall thereof sized to receive a beeper housing insertion portion of a locking end of the flexible band and having a locking bolt movement portion in connection therewith, a speaker grate on an exterior surface thereof, a digital display on an exterior surface, a key receiving portion of an on/off keyswitch and band lock assembly extending through an exterior surface thereof, and a wearer speaker silence button extending through an exterior surface thereof; the beeper circuit including a programmable beeper controller having a radio input in connection with a radio receiver including a radio antenna, a display output in connection with the digital display, a speaker output in connection with a speaker, a silence input in connection with the wearer speaker silence button, and a keyswitch input in connection with the on/off keyswitch and band lock; the keyswitch and band lock including a two position electrical switch positionable between a closed and an open position with a key wherein positioning the electrical switch into the closed position causes a J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move upward from an unlocked position to a locked position and positioning the electrical switch into the open position causes the J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move downward from a locked position to an unlocked position; the speaker being positioned within the housing behind the speaker grate; the beeper controller circuit being programmed to activate the digital display and the speaker when an activation signal is received by the radio receiver, to temporarily allow a wearer to silence the speaker by depressing the wearer speaker silence button a fixed number of times, to reactivate the speaker after being deactivated by the depressing of the wearer speaker silence button after a predetermined time interval, to, once the last predetermined time interval has elapsed, finally activate the speaker at an increasing sound level that increases from a normal level to a high level over an elapsed period of time, and to only deactivate the speaker when an off input is received from the on/off keyswitch and band lock.
Accordingly, a beeper system is provided. The beeper system includes a beeper attached to a locking flexible band; the locking flexible band being constructed from a flexible material and including a locking end having a beeper housing insertion portion provided with a locking bolt aperture; the beeper including a beeper housing and a beeper circuit; the beeper housing having the beeper circuit provided therein, a band end receiving cavity formed into a sidewall thereof sized to receive a beeper housing insertion portion of a locking end of the flexible band and having a locking bolt movement portion in connection therewith, a speaker grate on an exterior surface thereof, a digital display on an exterior surface, a key receiving portion of an on/off keyswitch and band lock assembly extending through an exterior surface thereof, and a wearer speaker silence button extending through an exterior surface thereof; the beeper circuit including a programmable beeper controller having a radio input in connection with a radio receiver including a radio antenna, a display output in connection with the digital display, a speaker output in connection with a speaker, a silence input in connection with the wearer speaker silence button, and a keyswitch input in connection with the on/off keyswitch and band lock; the keyswitch and band lock including a two position electrical switch positionable between a closed and an open position with a key wherein positioning the electrical switch into the closed position causes a J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move upward from an unlocked position to a locked position and positioning the electrical switch into the open position causes the J-shaped mechanical locking bolt to move downward from a locked position to an unlocked position; the speaker being positioned within the housing behind the speaker grate; the beeper controller circuit being programmed to activate the digital display and the speaker when an activation signal is received by the radio receiver, to temporarily allow a wearer to silence the speaker by depressing the wearer speaker silence button a fixed number of times, to reactivate the speaker after being deactivated by the depressing o
Breaux Joseph N.
Hofsass Jeffery
Tang Son
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