| CPC B60R 22/48 (2013.01) [B60R 2022/4808 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A car seat seatbelt timer apparatus comprising:
a child car seat having a seatbelt and a buckle, the child car seat being positionable in a seat of a vehicle, the seatbelt having a pair of segments being coupled to the buckle, the buckle releasably coupling the pair of segments of the seatbelt together, the buckle including a male portion and a female portion;
a switch being mounted to the buckle, the switch being positioned in an activated position when the male portion of the buckle is coupled to the female portion, the switch being positioned in a deactivated position when the male portion is decoupled from the female portion;
a control circuit being electrically coupled to the switch, the control circuit being programmed to initiate a timer when the switch is moved into the activated position wherein the timer is configured to correspond to how long a child has been secured into the child car seat, the control circuit being programmed to terminate the timer when the switch is positioned in the deactivated position;
a sound emitter being electrically coupled to the control circuit, the sound emitter generating an audible alarm when the timer runs for a predetermined time interval; and
if the buckle is uncoupled before the timer runs for the predetermined time interval, the sound emitter does not sound the audible alarm and the remote electronic device does not sound the audible alarm and an remote electronic devices does not display a notification.
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