Too often today, we hear stories of children who are left alone in hot cars. Often times, those stories have tragic endings.
So, when Felicia Marshal came to Davison with a Better Way to alert parents, who may have forgotten a child in the car, we got to work.
We designed the Sound of Life alarm system, a two-piece system that sets off the car alarm when the engine is off, the doors are locked and a child is still sitting inside.
“It is triggered by any motion, any weight, any body heat… It would automatically sound your car alarm to let you know the child has been left inside,” said Marshal, when she recently took her Sound of Life idea to a Florida news station.
The NBC affiliate, First Coast News in Green Cove Springs, Florida, told Marshal’s entire story during one of their newscasts.
“One day returning from the store, Marshall said she was in such a rush to get the [groceries] out of the vehicle [that] she thought her mom had taken the child out of the car seat, but she did not and it went unnoticed for a few minutes.
“‘I had heard a lot of stories prior to that and it really didn’t bother me because I am one of those parents who says I’m always on top of everything,’ she said. ‘But once it happened to me I was thinking someone needs to do something about it.’”
Of course, that’s when Marshal took matters into her own hands and sought out our help. She also told First Coast News about that.
Pay close attention to Marshal’s story, particularly at the end, when they refer to the “Pittsburgh company” that designed the idea. Spoiler alert: it’s us!
Congratulations to Marshal, another Davison client who dared to invent and is following her invention dreams!
Read Marshal’s entire story here.
Copyright Davison 2014
Sources:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/07/29/mom-designs-alarm-child-hot-car-sound-of-life/13336301/