Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-15
2001-09-04
Lee, Benjamin C. (Department: 2632)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
C340S573200, C340S573300, C340S574000, C340S384200, C340S693500
Reexamination Certificate
active
06285287
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to personal alarms and more particularly pertains to a new alarm device for warding off an imminent attack by generating loud warning sounds and generating attention.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of personal alarms is known in the prior art. More specifically, personal alarms heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,214,411; U.S. Pat. No. 4,658,386; U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,188; U.S. Pat. No. 5,001,462; U.S. Pat. No. 5,551,079; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 374,668.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new alarm device. The inventive device includes a housing including a front wall, a back wall, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and designed for securely coupling to a user; a first sound generating device is coupled within the housing and is operationally coupled to a first such that the first sound generating device produces a first sound when the first switch is actuated; a second sound generating device is coupled within the housing operationally coupled to a second switch such that the second sound generating device produces a second sound when the second switch is actuated; and a power source is operationally coupled to the first switch and the second switch such that the power supply provides power to the first sound generating device and the second sound generating device when the first switch and the second switch are actuated.
In these respects, the alarm device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of warding off an imminent attack by generating loud warning sounds and generating attention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of personal alarms now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new alarm device construction wherein the same can be utilized for warding off an imminent attack by generating loud warning sounds and generating attention.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new alarm device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the personal alarms mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new alarm device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art personal alarms, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing including a front wall, a back wall, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and designed for securely coupling to a user; a first sound generating device is coupled within the housing and is operationally coupled to a first such that the first sound generating device produces a first sound when the first switch is actuated; a second sound generating device is coupled within the housing operationally coupled to a second switch such that the second sound generating device produces a second sound when the second switch is actuated; and a power source is operationally coupled to the first switch and the second switch such that the power supply provides power to the first sound generating device and the second sound generating device when the first switch and the second switch are actuated.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new alarm device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the personal alarms mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new alarm device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art personal alarms, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new alarm device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new alarm device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new alarm device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such alarm device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new alarm device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new alarm device for warding off an imminent attack by generating loud warning sounds and generating attention.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new alarm device which includes a housing including a front wall, a back wall, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls and designed for securely coupling to a user; a first sound generating device is coupled within the housing and is operationally coupled to a first such that the first sound generating device produces a first sound when the first switch is actuated; a second sound generating device is coupled within the housing operationally coupled to a second switch such that the second sound generating device produces a second sound when the second switch is actuated; and a power source is operationally coupled to the first switch and the second switch such that the power supply provides power to the first sound generating device and the second sound generating device when the first switch and the second switch are actu
Jones Gary D.
Jones Heather
Jones Sharon
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