US 12,266,250 B2
Package alarm mat and container device
Preston Williams, Southfield, MI (US); and Bonita Williams, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed by Preston Williams, Southfield, MI (US); and Bonita Williams, Southfield, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/184,166.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/337,219, filed on May 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0351874 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 13/22 (2006.01); G08B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/22 (2013.01) [G08B 7/00 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package alarm device for protecting and securing delivered packages when a user is not home, the package alarm device comprising:
a base component configured to be activated or deactivated through a smartphone device;
a plurality of pressure sensors;
a heating and cooling component;
a camera;
a tether and an anchor;
a theft sensor; and
an alarm system;
wherein communications from the plurality of pressure sensors, the camera, the theft sensor, and the alarm system are sent through a smartphone application; and
wherein the package alarm device communicates through a wireless access point or wireless router to notify a user of activity on the base component; and
wherein when a package is placed in the base component, the pressure sensor is activated and weight and time of the package is identified and transmitted to a user, and the camera is activated and a photo or video of delivery is sent to a user; and
wherein when the package is removed from the base component, the alarm system activates, flashing alarms and sounding audible alarms, and the theft sensor is activated which notifies a user via a text message; and
wherein the base component is a UV-stabilized plastic storage box comprising a remotely lockable lid operable via the smartphone application.