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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Rodolfo Garcia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Rodolfo Garcia, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An appliance warning system comprises a floor pad for location adjacent an appliance such that a user must stand on the floor pad in order to normally use the appliance. The floor pad has at least one switch movable between an open position when no weight pressure is detected on the floor pad and a closed position when the switch is activated by weight pressure detected on the floor pad. A transmitter is provided for transmitting a signal depending upon whether the switch is in the open or closed position. A module is located remote from the floor pad, and has a receiver for receiving the signal from the transmitter, and a control circuit connected operational between a ready state before the switch is activated to the closed position and a monitoring state after the switch is activated to the closed position. A warning device connected to the control circuit is activated by the control circuit when in the monitoring state when the control circuit determines that the switch has been in the open position for a preselected period of time after having been in the closed position. A reset switch resets the control circuit from the monitoring state to the ready state.