US 12,408,778 B1
Drink-locating band
Mitzi Brown, Doylestown, PA (US)
Filed by Mitzi Brown, Doylestown, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,948.
Int. Cl. A47G 19/00 (2006.01); A47G 19/22 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC A47G 19/2227 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); A47G 2019/2238 (2013.01); A47G 2019/2244 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drink-locating band comprising:
a locator, a band, and a software application;
wherein the locator detachably couples to a drink container via the band;
wherein the locator is adapted to be activated by a user via the software application executing on a smart phone;
wherein responsive to being activated, the locator plays an audio stream, illuminates one or more visual indicators, or both in order to annunciate the location of the drink container;
wherein the locator comprises locator circuitry within a housing;
wherein the locator circuitry comprises a microcontroller, a transceiver, a sound transducer, the one or more visual indicators, and a battery;
wherein the microcontroller is a central processing unit with memory and I/O ports;
wherein the microcontroller communicates with the transceiver, the sound transducer, and the one or more visual indicators via the I/O ports;
wherein the microcontroller executes instructions stored within the memory of the microcontroller to pair the transceiver with the smart phone, to play the audio stream via the sound transducer, and to illuminate and extinguish the one or more visual indicators;
wherein the band is a two-piece band;
wherein the two-piece band comprises a first band portion coupled to a first lug of the housing via a first pin and a second band portion coupled to a second lug of the housing via a second pin;
wherein the free ends of the first band portion and the second band portion overlap and detachably couple via a hook and loop fastener.