Vehicle-mountable child protective device

Abstract

A vehicle-mountable child protective system including a vehicle door mountable device including a flag portion which is raisable to a raised position above a. roof of a vehicle and a flag positioning assembly operative to selectably lock the flag portion in the raised position when the vehicle door mountable device is mounted onto a vehicle door and the vehicle door is closed, a remote controller and electronic circuitry responsive to exceedance of a separation distance between the vehicle door mountable device and the remote controller for producing a warning alert at least at the remote controller and retaining the flag portion in the raised position until the vehicle door is opened.

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         21 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system comprising:
 a vehicle-mounted door opening monitor operative to provide an output indication of at least one of vehicle door opening and closing;   a potential danger assessment subsystem, receiving said output indication from said vehicle-mounted door opening monitor, ascertaining whether there exists at least one of door opening and door closing that could be indicative of a potentially dangerous situation of a child having been left in a stationary vehicle having closed doors and communicating a warning of the existence of said potentially dangerous situation to a user at least via a user's mobile device, said potential danger subsystem being operative to communicate said warning when a temperature inside said vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold; and   a vehicle-mounted potentially dangerous situation resolution subsystem operative, following said communicating, to terminate said warning.   
     
     
         22 . A child protective vehicle door opening and warning system according to  claim 21  and wherein said vehicle-mounted potentially dangerous situation resolution subsystem is operative to terminate said warning in response to at least one of a user opening a door of said vehicle and a user performing an action which requires that the user is physically present at said vehicle. 
     
     
         23 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 21  and wherein said potential danger assessment subsystem is operative to communicate a warning of the existence of said potentially dangerous situation when the mobile device is located at least at a predetermined distance from said vehicle. 
     
     
         24 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 21  and wherein at least part of said potential danger assessment subsystem is embodied in an app. 
     
     
         25 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 24  and wherein said app is an app installed on said user's mobile device. 
     
     
         26 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 21  and wherein said user's mobile device is a wireless key fob also employed for locking and unlocking said door of said vehicle. 
     
     
         27 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 21  and wherein said vehicle-mounted door opening monitor comprises a visual indicator. 
     
     
         28 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 27  and wherein said visual indicator comprises a flag portion, which is rotatable between a lowered position and a raised position. 
     
     
         29 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning system according to  claim 28  and wherein said flag portion is outside of and above said vehicle when in said raised position. 
     
     
         30 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning method comprising:
 monitoring at least one of opening and closing of a vehicle door;   receiving, based on said monitoring, an output indication of said at least one of vehicle door opening and closing;   ascertaining, based on said output indication, that there exists at least one of door opening and door closing that is indicative of a potentially dangerous situation of a child having been left in a stationary vehicle having closed doors;   communicating a warning of the existence of said potentially dangerous situation to a user at least via a mobile device of said user when a temperature inside said vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold; and   terminating said warning in response to a user action.   
     
     
         31 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning method according to  claim 30  and wherein said user action comprises at least one of:
 opening of said vehicle door; and 
 an action which requires that the user be physically present at said vehicle. 
 
     
     
         32 . A child protective vehicle door monitoring and warning method according to  claim 30  and wherein said communicating a warning comprises communicating said warning when said mobile device is located at least at a predetermined distance from said vehicle.