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Car Trace, Incorporated

Charles N Garrett, Sr

Brent W Reed

William Palmer Lovegrove

Anthony F Garrett

An improved panic button apparatus suitable for use in various vehicle monitoring systems. The apparatus includes a portable transmitter in wireless communication with a receiver located on-board the vehicle. The transmitter includes a manual actuator, typically a button, functioning to selectively input a panic command from a user. The transmitter sends a coded signal to the receiver, preferably in the form of a frequency-varying spread spectrum signal. The particular code of the transmitted signal is decoded by the receiver, which informs the vehicle monitoring and alarm system through an appropriate output signal.

Panic button alarm actuator

A system for monitoring a vehicle experiencing a crisis situation, such as carjacking. Each vehicle to be monitored includes an on-board reporting apparatus. The reporting apparatus are operative during occurrence of the crisis situation to automatically initiate communication with a remote monitoring facility via a cellular telephone network. Selected status information will then be provided to the remote monitoring facility to permit real time tracking of the vehicle. As a result, law enforcement personnel may be contacted to effectively respond to the crisis situation. Preferably, the reporting apparatus further includes conspicuous alarm indicators, such as a siren and a strobe lamp.

System for monitoring vehicles during a crisis situation

An apparatus for use in shoe shining is provided having a frame, a lower support pivotally mounted on the frame for receiving a shoe, the lower suppport being pivotable upwardly from a position parallel and adjacent to the frame to a horizontal position substantially perpendicular to the frame, a shoe retaining arm pivotally mounted on the frame above the lower support for engaging the inner sole of the shoe at the heel area, the shoe retaining arm being pivotable downwardly to a substantially horizontal position above the horizontal position of the lower support, the shoe retaining arm including a holding element for contacting the inner sole of the shoe at the heel area and the holding element being vertically adjustable to provide a clamping force for securing the shoe onto the lower support.

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Wilmington, NC, United States of America

Charles N Garrett, Sr