US 11,837,077 B1
Instant alert notifier and docking station
William J. Rintz, Hackettstown, NJ (US); Terri-Ann K. Adrian, Westport, CT (US); Samuel C. Felts, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US); and Allen W. Moore, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to William J. Rintz, Hackettstown, NJ (US)
Filed by William J. Rintz, Hackettstown, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/567,119.
Application 17/567,119 is a continuation of application No. 17/236,113, filed on Apr. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,217,073.
Application 17/236,113 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/149,555, filed on Jan. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,521,472.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,942, filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,494, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 5/38 (2006.01); G08B 5/24 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G08B 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 5/38 (2013.01) [G08B 5/002 (2013.01); G08B 5/224 (2013.01); G08B 5/24 (2013.01); G08B 21/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for electronically notifying one or more responders or emergency personnel of an emergency event at a building, the building having one or more rooms with each room having one or more walls, comprising:
a first docking station located within the building; and
a first portable notifying device secured to the first docking station and electrically connected to the first docking station prior to use by a user located at the building during the emergency event, the first portable notifying device having a first camera and microphone for capturing or streaming video, audio or images and a battery disposed within a housing or body member of the first portable notifying device;
one or more additional docking stations located at other areas within the building; and
one or more additional portable notifying devices, each additional portable notifying device of the one or more additional portable notifying devices associated with a corresponding one of the one or more additional docking stations and secured and electronically connected to the corresponding docking station; wherein at least one of the one or more additional portable notifying devices programmed to automatically stream or transmit live video, audio or images from its location within the building to one or more remotely located electronic devices associated with the one or more responders or emergency personnel upon activation of the first portable notifying device.