ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,472, issued on Sept. 8.
"Universal emergency alarm system" was invented by Mark Childers (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed universal emergency alarm system is capable of alerting occupants of one or more emergencies through one universal alarm system with the use of one or more decentralized alarm panels and one or more alarms. Certain embodiments of the alarm system also comprise one or more centralized alarm panels and emergency dispatch. Emergencies can include weather or natural disaster emergencies, manmade or criminal activity emergencies, dangerous situation emergencies, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) f...