Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1998-06-11
1999-08-31
Mullen, Thomas
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
200 85A, 3405734, G08B 2100
Patent
active
059459140
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for monitoring the occupancy status of a toilet seat. In more particular, it applies to a pressure sensitive switch that can be used in combination with an electronic monitoring device to notify a nearby care-giver or a remote nurse's station that a patient has raised himself or herself from the toilet. Broadly speaking, the instant device is composed of two elements--a pressure sensitive switch and an actuator--that are installed between the toilet seat and the upper rim of the toilet bowl. Pressure on the toilet seat is communicated via the actuator to the pressure sensitive switch which, when compressed, completes an electrical circuit. When the pressure is removed, the electrical circuit is broken, thereby signaling that the patient has risen from his or her seated position on the toilet.
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Fitzgerald Sanford G.
Holmes Fred H.
Bed-Check Corporation
Mullen Thomas
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