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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Carl J. Lauer, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mark A. Lauer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Carl J. Lauer, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mark A. Lauer, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising: a clothes washing machine (); a detector () attached to the washing machine in a location that receives radio frequency (RF) signals that emanate from an interior () of the washing machine; and a warning device () that receives a signal from the detector to provide an alert when the detector has detected a RF signal from the interior of the washing machine, wherein the radio frequency signals have a frequency in a band designated for mobile phone () signals.