AU2014101422A4 - Drownalert - Google Patents

Abstract

Page 4 The disclosed Drownalert is a safety device consistent with two parts, the Subject component and the Supervisor component. The Subject component(s) will be worn by or attached to the swimming person(s) or high risk children or patients and the Supervisor component will be worn by or placed in vicinity of the person who intends to supervise or care for the subject(s) in order to prevent drowning. Each component could be worn on wrist or neck or head. If the subject's face is submerged more than ten to twenty seconds in water, the Subject component will immediately generate a signal into the air. If the subject feels in danger or needs any help he/she can press the Help button on Subject component and the Supervisor component will alarm. The supervisor could be as far as five hundred meters away when he/she receives the signal on Supervisor component, which instantly produces a loud siren and flashlight. After the supervisor takes the proper action for rescue, as soon as the subject's head is out of the water the siren will stop. Drownalert can be used at home or public places or industrial areas to prevent people from drowning. By nature Drownalert will only be alarming occasionally and therefore the batteries will last for long time, more than six months, and they are also rechargable. Page 5 Drownalert Sequence Listing Page 1 and 2: Description Page 3: Claims Page 4: Abstract Pages 5: Sequence Listing Page 6 and 7: Drawings of Subject and Supervisor components fl { W-~t4 ~1f U I-A I- Sub~ect Component Rage 6

Description

Page 1 Description The following statement is a full description of this innovation, including the best method of performing it known to me. DROWNALERT Every two minutes one person dies from drowning somewhere in the world. For decades various devices and methods have been employed to reduce risk of drowning but still a large number of people especially children and elderly patients lose their lives as a result of drowning even in home swimming pools. This innovation has been specifically devised in order to provide a reliable electronic device to prevent death due to drowning. The present invention relates to a necklace or goggles mount electronic device and in particular to a warning device adapted to alert other people such as a parent or a supervisor if someone is in danger of or about to drown. According to the present invention there is provided a specifically designed transmitter in shape of a necklace or goggles and an electronic receiver equipped with a siren and flash light. Both the transmitter and the receiver operate with batteries and transmitter is water proof. The transmitter device is 45gr in weight and it is as big as 2 cm by 1cm and the receiver is slightly larger 5cm by 3cm by 5cm and it is 100gr and has an on/off button and also a key to adjust it for children or adult swimmers. Drownalert is consistent with two main components: a necklace or goggles mount Subject Component consistent with a fine electronic transmitter that activates in water; and an stationary Supervisor Component consistent with an electronic receiver equipped with a powerful siren and flashlight. The Subject component is incorporated into a necklace or collar or goggles and it is water proof. Both Subject and Supervisor components operate with fine durable batteries. FIGs1-2 are perspective views of Drownalert in accordance with the present invention. According to the embodiment of the figure 1 there is a necklace/collar/goggles mount Subject component that is consistent with an electronic transmitter 1-A and a key that activates in water 1-B and a Help button 1-C connected to the electronic transmitter, all fitted into a waterproof capsule operating with a rechargeable battery 1-D. The whole Subject component is fitted into a rubber capsule with collar/necklace/goggles band. When the swimmer's face is submerged in the water for more than ten seconds in children and more than twenty seconds in adults, the transmitter gets activated and generates a signal to the air. According to the embodiment of figure 2 there is a stationary Supervisor component consistent with a battery operating electronic receiver 2-A with Page 2 siren bell 2-B and a flashlight 2-C and an on/off switch 2-C and an child/adult adjust key 2-D all incorporated into a console operating with a rechargeable battery 2-D. If there is any signal generated by the Subject component, the Supervisor component will receive it and it will produce an alarming sound and flashing light. The Subject component also has a fine Help button 1-C which if the subject feels in danger or in need, he/she can press it and the Supervisor alarm will go off. The subject, such as a child or elderly patient wears the Subject component and the supervisor, such as a parent or carer puts the Supervisor component in a fifty to hundred meter radius of the subject. If the subject starts drowning, the Supervisor component will light up the flashlight and the siren will generate a loud alarm to alert the supervisor to save the subject. Drownalert is designed for human swimming safety but it could be used to prevent animals including pets from drowning. The Supervisor component could be designed as large siren(s) for wide industrial areas such as beaches and hospitals and also could be installed into a small wrist band. The Subject component could be in necklace or collar or goggles mount shape or equipped with small curve and clamp to be attached to the swimmer's ear or cap. The Subject component could also be more than only one too protect more than one person. The subject(s) and the supervisor could be as far as one hundred meters from each other. Ordinary size of the Drownalert, regarding the Subject component is as big as a necklace pendant and the Supervisor component is as big as an ordinary coffee cup but can be much smaller and as small as a wrist watch. However the supervisor component could be designed in much larger size according to the application and the environment.

Claims (5)

1. An electronically operating device comprising a wireless transmitter component and a wireless receiver component to alert a supervisor or carer of drowning of a person.

2. An electronically operating device as claimed in claim 1, in which a water induced activating transmitter is to send the signals across to an alarming receiver component.

3. An electronic safety device according to any claims 1 and 2 wherein a water sensitive transmitter and an alert button and a receiver and flashlight and siren are used.

4. An electronic drowning prevention device according to any of one of the claims 1 - 3 in which batteries and siren and flashlight and a water sensitive transmitter are used.

5. An electronic safety device substantially as herein before described with reference to figures 1 - 4 of the accompanying drawings. Dr Kooshyar Karimi 1 December 2014