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    • 专利摘要:
    The invention relates to a device for controlling the closed or open state of an article, the control device being in the form of an electronic circuit comprising a first closure system (9), comprising a first element (6). and a second element (7) electrically conductive and connectable and electrically disconnectable with respect to each other, at least the first element (6) comprising a hollow body (60); a power source (5) housed in the hollow body (60), a second closure system () comprising a first terminal () and a second terminal (). The control device also comprises a detection and signaling device comprising a detection module configured to be powered by the source (5) in the closed state of the first closure system (9) and to detect the open or closed state the second closure system, and a signaling module configured to transmit a signal according to the open or closed state of the second closure system detected by the detection module.
    公开号:FR3033687A1
    申请号:FR1552283
    申请日:2015-03-19
    公开日:2016-09-23
    发明作者:Philippe Tourrette；Alexandre Faucher
    申请人:Tourrette Investissements；
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    专利说明:

    [0001] The present invention relates to a device for controlling the closed or open state of a closure system of an article, such as a bag, luggage, pants, shorts, skirt or other similar garment. The present invention also relates to the corresponding article.
    [0002] Transport items, such as bags or luggage, generally include a zipper or button closure closure system. When a bag remains open or opens unintentionally, there is a risk of losing its contents. Similarly, there is a risk of theft of the contents of the bag if it is opened without the knowledge of its owner. Furthermore, the trousers usually comprise a fly also formed of a closure system of the zipper or button type. Sometimes the fly remains open or partially open, which is a risk of embarrassment vis-à-vis third parties if the wearer of the pants does not notice quickly. From the state of the art, in particular from document EP0303481, devices are known for controlling the state of a zipper or button closure system. In one embodiment of the document EP0303481, the control device comprises a detection and signaling device and two connectors connected, one to teeth of a row of a zipper and the other to teeth from the other row of the closure. The teeth to which the connectors are connected are facing each other so that the connectors are at the same level and in the closed state of the zipper at the connectors, said connectors are brought into contact with each other. from one another and thus close an electrical circuit inside which circulates a current from a power source.
    [0003] The flow of this current is detected by the detection and signaling device which can deduce the closed or open state of the zipper and report it.
    [0004] However, the device of document EP0303481 lacks compactness. Furthermore, it is desirable to reduce the risk of degradation of the device during its use or during the washing of the article thus equipped.
    [0005] The object of the invention is therefore to propose a new device for controlling the closed or open state of a closure system of an article making it possible to solve all or part of the problems set out above.
    [0006] To this end, the subject of the invention is a device for checking the closed or open state of an article, such as a wrapping article or a luggage article, the control device being in the form of a an electronic circuit comprising: a first closure system, comprising a first electrically conductive element and a second electrically conductive element connectable and electrically disconnectable with respect to each other, at least the first element comprising a hollow body; a power source, preferably a button cell, housed in the hollow body, said power supply source comprising a positive pole and a negative pole, one being electrically connected to the hollow body of the first element and the another being connected to an electrically conductive element, which is provided with electrical insulation means with respect to the hollow body and which passes through said hollow body; a second closure system comprising a first terminal and a second terminal; a detection and signaling device comprising a detection module configured to be powered by the source in the closed state of the first closure system and to detect the open or closed state of the second closure system, and a signaling module configured to output a signal depending on the open or closed state of the second closure system detected by the detection module.
    [0007] Such a control device whose power source is housed in the hollow body of the first closure system, for example a trouser closure button, which forms a general power supply switch, makes it possible to benefit from a device controlling the closure of the second closure system, for example a fly, which is compact and consumes electricity only when said first closure system is closed. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the first terminal of said second closure system being electrically connected to the circuit on the positive pole side of the source, the second terminal of said second closure system is connected to an input of the detection module, the signaling module being connected to an output of said detection module. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the positive pole of the source is electrically connected to the hollow body of the first element and the negative pole of the source is connected to said conductive element which passes through the hollow body of the first element. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the detection module 20 comprises a supply input connected to the circuit on the positive pole side of the source via the second element of the first closure system. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the first terminal of the second closure system is electrically connected to the second element of the first closure system. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said device comprises a timing module configured to introduce a delay between the moment when a detection signal is emitted at the output of the detection module and the activation of the signaling module.
    [0008] According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the detection module comprises a logic gate NO which has an input terminal connected to the second terminal of the second closure system and an output terminal connected to the input of the module of signaling.
    [0009] According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said timing module is interposed between the logic gate NO and the signaling module.
    [0010] According to a particular embodiment, the detection and signaling device comprises a processing and calculation unit, such as a microprocessor or a microcontroller, said unit comprising a set of computer instructions forming said detection module, and said processing and calculation unit comprises a detection input to which the second terminal of the second closure system is connected, and said detection module is configured to detect a voltage, applied to said detection input, greater than a threshold value . According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the detection and signaling device 20 comprises a signaling module connected to an output of the processing and calculation unit. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the detection and signaling device comprises a wireless communication module configured to transmit information representative of the closed or open state of the second closure system, to a receiving module. . According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the second closure system has two rows of elements of electrically conductive material which are couplable and uncouplable with respect to each other, so that in the coupled state of elements of a row with the elements of the other row, an electrical continuity is established along these elements, one of said elements forming said first terminal of said second closure system and another of said elements forming said second terminal of the second closing system.
    [0011] According to a particular aspect, said detection and signaling device being called the first signaling device, the control device further comprises a second detection and signaling device connected, on the one hand, to a third element of the second signaling system. closure and, secondly, to a fourth element of the second closure system. The second detection and signaling device is configured to detect the state of electrical continuity between the third and fourth elements, and to transmit a signal according to said detected continuity state. According to one embodiment, the second closure system comprises: two strips on each of which is fixed a row of elements, called teeth, made of electrically conductive material; an element, called a slider, slidably mounted along the strips and configured to, in one direction, mesh the teeth of one row with the teeth of the other row and, in the other direction, separate them; One of the teeth forming said first terminal and another tooth forming said second terminal. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the first terminal and the second terminal are, in a direction parallel to the rows of teeth in the interlocked state of said teeth, spaced apart from one another by at least one of said teeth. second closing system. According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the second closure system comprises a button closure comprising two rows of elements, made of electrically conductive material, each element of a row being couplable and disengageable with an element of the other row, one of said elements forming said first terminal and another of said elements forming said second terminal. The device also comprises electrical connection means configured for, when said elements are coupled together, establishing an electrical continuity between said first terminal and said second terminal.
    [0012] According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, the first terminal and the second terminal are, in a direction parallel to the rows of elements in the coupled state of said elements of the button closure, spaced from each other by at least one of said elements of the button closure.
    [0013] According to an advantageous characteristic of the invention, said elements are formed by corresponding buttons and eyelets. The invention also relates to an article, preferably clothing, such as a trousers openable in the middle on the front or a jacket having an openable pocket, said article having a working part equipped with a closure system, characterized in that said article comprises a control device as described above, said closure system associated with the working part forming said second closure system.
    [0014] Advantageously, said article is pants and the first closure system is a closure button located at the waist of the pants.
    [0015] The invention also relates to luggage, such as a backpack, having a working part equipped with a closure system, characterized in that said article comprises a control device as described above, said control system. closure associated with the working part forming said second closure system.
    [0016] The invention also relates to a kit for closing a working part of an article, said kit making it possible to manufacture a control device 3033687 7 as described above, said kit comprising: a first closure system comprising a first electrically conductive element and a second electrically connectable and disconnectable element with respect to each other, at least the first element comprising a hollow body; a source of electrical power that can be accommodated in the hollow body, said power supply source comprising a positive pole and a negative pole, one being able to be electrically connected to the hollow body of the first element and the other being able to be connected to an electrically conductive element which is provided with electrical insulation means with respect to the hollow body and which passes through said hollow body; a detection and signaling device comprising a detection module configured to be fed by the source in the closed state of the first closure system and to detect the open or closed state of said closure system of the opening part of the closure system; article, and a signaling module configured to transmit a signal according to the open or closed state of said closure system detected by the detection module. The invention will be better understood on reading the following description of exemplary embodiments, with reference to the appended drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a slide fastener according to an embodiment of FIG. a closure system used in a control device according to the invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a button closure according to an embodiment of a closure system used in a control device according to the invention; - Figure 2A is an electrical diagram showing switches corresponding to the button closure of Figure 2; FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an electronic circuit corresponding to a first embodiment of a closure control device according to the invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an electric battery housed in the hollow body of a closure button for supplying the electronic circuit of a control device according to the invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an electronic circuit corresponding to a second embodiment of a closure control device according to the invention. With reference to the figures and as recalled above, the invention relates to a control device for controlling the closed or open state of a closure system 15, such as a button closure or a slide fastener. Advantageously, said closure system 15 equips an article 100 which has a reclosable opening 101. Said article is for example a bag or pants as detailed below. The control device is in the form of an electronic circuit. The control device also comprises a device 4 for detecting and signaling the closed or open state of the closure system 15. A power supply device 5, 9 makes it possible to control the power supply of the device 4 for detecting and signaling of the closed or open state of the closure system 15. As mentioned above, the closure system 15 makes it possible to close at least partially the opening 101 formed in the article 100. As illustrated more particularly in FIGS. and 2, said article 100 comprises in particular a portion 110 which defines an edge of the opening and a portion 120 which delimits the opposite edge of the opening. In the closed state of the opening, said opposite edges delimited by the parts 110 and 120 are brought against each other.
    [0017] In general, the closure system 15 has two rows of elements of electrically conductive material which are couplable and decouplable with respect to each other, so that in the coupled state of the 30 elements one row with the elements of the other row, an electrical continuity is established along these elements. Conversely, in the uncoupled state of the elements, an absence of electrical continuity between these elements appears.
    [0018] One of the elements forms a first terminal 21 and another element forms a second terminal 24 as detailed below. The detection and signaling device 4 is connected to said first terminal 21 by a conductive wire element 421, such as an electrical wire or a conductive textile line, and to said second terminal 24 by another conductive wire element 424, which may be of the same type as the conductive wire element 421. Whatever the embodiment, the detection and signaling device 4 is configured to detect the absence of electrical continuity between the first and the second terminal 21, 24, and transmit a signal according to the absence of continuity detected. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the closing system 15 comprises two strips each of which is fixed with a row of elements, called teeth 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, made of an electrically conductive material. Said strips correspond to the parts 110, 120 which define between them the reclosable opening 101. An element 3, called slider, is slidably mounted along the strips. The slider 3 is configured to, in one direction, mesh the teeth of one row with the teeth of the other row and, in the other direction, separate them. One of the teeth forms a first terminal 21 and another tooth forms a second terminal 24 as detailed below.
    [0019] In the coupled state of the teeth of said rows and in a direction parallel to the rows of teeth, the first terminal 21 and the second terminal 24 are spaced from each other by at least one tooth 22, 23. Said at least one tooth 22, 23 is in the uncoupled state of the teeth of the rows, devoid of electrical connection with each of said first and second terminals 21, 24. Preferably, said first and second terminals 21, 24 are spaced apart by least two or three teeth to limit the risk of inadvertent contact between the first and second terminals 21, 24. Each strip 110, 120 is formed by a piece of textile, for example a strip of fabric.
    [0020] In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the closure system 15 comprises a button closure comprising two rows of elements 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24 made of electrically conductive material, each element one row is couplable and disengageable with an element of the other row. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the elements of one row are buttons and the elements of the other row are elements that can be coupled to said buttons, for example eyelets through which the buttons are intended to be inserted. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, one of said elements forms said first terminal 21 and another of said elements forms said second terminal 24, similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 1. The device also comprises means electrical connection arrangements configured for, when said elements are coupled together, establishing an electrical continuity between said first terminal 21 and said second terminal 24. In particular in the example of Figure 2, eyelets 11, 13 are electrically connected with other eyelets 12, 14, and the button 22 is electrically connected to the button 23, so that, in the coupled state of the buttons with the eyelets, electrical continuity is established between the terminals 21, 24. This electrical connection between eyelets and between buttons may be made using a conductive ink electrically applied around said eyelets and around the buttons. As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the elements formed by the buttons 21,..., 24 and the eyelets 11,..., 14 can be schematized from an electrical point of view as a plurality of switches 11, 12, 13, 14 in series.
    [0021] Whatever the embodiment, the detection and signaling device 4 is configured to detect the state of electrical continuity between the first terminal 21 and the second terminal 24 and to emit a signal according to said detected continuity state.
    [0022] Preferably, particularly in the case of a slide fastener, the first or second wire element 421, 424 conductor connected to the first or second terminal 21, 24 is further connected to at least one adjacent element 20 As part of the closure system 15. Said at least one neighboring element and said first, or second, terminal 21, 24 are part of the same row of elements. The first, or respectively second, conductive wire element 421, 424 is connected to said first, or second, terminal 21 or 24 and preferably to said at least one additional neighbor element, by winding an end portion of said element. wired conductive 421, 424 around said first, or respectively second, terminal and, preferably, said neighboring element. Advantageously, the first and second terminals 21, 24 are part of the same row of elements. Such a design of the device allows the conductive wire elements 421, 424 to extend only on one side of the opening 101 and thus not having to go all around the article to bypass the opening 101. Alternatively, it can be provided that the first terminal 21 is part of one of the two rows of teeth and that the second connection terminal 24 is part of the other row of teeth. The power supply device 5, 9 comprises a closure system 9 which comprises a first element 6 and a second element 7 connectable and electrically disconnectable relative to each other. The closure system 9 forms a switch which, in the coupled state of said elements (and therefore in electrical contact with each other) is closed and in the uncoupled state 5 of said elements (and therefore without electrical contact between them) is open. The closure system 9 is also called a power supply closing system since it allows as detailed below to form an electrical switch between the supply source 5 and the detection and signaling device 4.
    [0023] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the first element 6 comprises a hollow body 60. The hollow body 60 is made of several parts that can be assembled and disassembled. Advantageously, the hollow body is made of two assemblable parts that can be screwed to one another or assembled by elastic deformation, that is to say by snapping or clipping. Said element 6 is made of electrically conductive material. In the example illustrated in the figures, the element 7 is also electrically conductive.
    [0024] Preferably, the element 6 and the element 7 are of the male / female type. In particular, in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the element 6 is a button having a hollow head 60 and a foot 61, and the element 7 comprises an eyelet 71 provided with electrical conduction means 72. Said eyelet is for example formed by a textile zone of the article in which is formed an opening 25 for insertion of the element 6. Said electrical conduction means may be formed by a conductive ink. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the conductive ink 72 is applied to the inner periphery of the eyelet 7 with which the foot 61 of the button is in contact in the coupled state of the button 6 and the ring 7.
    [0025] The element 6 then comes into electrical contact with its hollow body 60 and / or its foot 61 with said electrical conduction means 72 in the coupled state of the element 6 and the element 7. The element 7 may be connected to the remainder of the circuit by a conductive element, such as a line of conductive ink or an electrical wire, preferably sheathed in electrical continuity with said electrical conduction means 72.
    [0026] Alternatively, said element 7 may be formed by a film or conductive plate pierced and attached to said corresponding portion of the article. Alternatively, the element 6 may be the male part of a snap and the element 7 may be the female part. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the closure button forming the element 6 is attached to the part 110 of the article and the ring forming the element 7 is formed in the part 120 of the article. Preferably, the opening 101 formed between the first and second parts 110 and 120, is reclosable by coupling of the element 6 with the element 7 15 and closure of the closure system 15. For this purpose, when the first part 110 of the article carries the element 6, the second part 120 of the article is provided with said second element 7. In a variant, the element 6 could be on the second part 120 and the element 7 on the first part 110.
    [0027] According to a particular embodiment, said article is pants. The first element 6 is in this case a belt button of the article, that is to say the top button of the pants which is at the waist. Said element 6 can thus be a closure button located at the front and at the waist of the pants. This closure button is usually located above the fly. The corresponding element 7 is located at the front of the belt, above the fly, on the side of the other leg. After donning his pants the user is supposed to pull up the fly of said pants and attach the belt button with the corresponding complementary element 30. The device according to the invention described below makes it possible to detect the absence of closure of said fly and to signal the corresponding opening when said fly is formed by the closure system 15. It can also be provided that the device is adapted to detect the closure of the fly and signal its closed state. A power source 5 is housed in the hollow body 60 of said element 6. Preferably, and as illustrated in FIG. 4, said power supply 5 is a battery, of the button cell type. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, said power supply source 5 comprises a positive pole 51 electrically connected to the hollow body 60 of the first element 6, for example by support. For this purpose, the hollow body 60 can accommodate a spring 63 which keeps the positive pole 51 in abutment against the hollow body. The source 5 also comprises a negative pole 52 connected to an electrical wire 456 which is provided with an insulating sheath and which passes through the hollow body 60 of the first element 6 without electrical contact with said hollow body 60. The negative pole 52 is isolated electrically of the hollow body 60, for example by an insulating wafer 62.
    [0028] In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the source 5 is a button cell. The positive pole is formed by one of the faces of the button cell and its lateral periphery, while the negative pole is formed by the other side of the cell and separated from the positive pole by an electrical insulation seal.
    [0029] FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the control device which comprises inexpensive elements compared with the embodiment detailed below with reference to FIG. 5. In the embodiment of FIG. terminal 21 of the closure system 15 is electrically connected to the positive pole 51 of the source 5 via the closure system 9. In particular, the terminal 21 of the closure system 15 is connected to the element 7 of the control system. closing by the electrically conductive wire 421 which is connected to the line 72. As recalled above, the element 6 is electrically connected to the positive pole 51 of the source 5. The opposite terminal 24 of the closure system 15 is connected to the input of a detection module 40 by the electrically conductive wire 424.
    [0030] The closure system 9 and the closure system 15 form switches in series with respect to the input of the detection module. In addition, in the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the closure system 9 forms a switch with respect to the supply Vcc of the detection module 40.
    [0031] The detection module 40 is a logic gate NO which comprises an input terminal connected to the second terminal 24 of the closure system 15 and an output terminal connected to a timing module 42. The output of the timing module 42 is connected to the input of a signaling module 41. The signaling module 41 comprises a terminal connected to the negative pole of the source 5 via the conductive wire element 456. The signaling module 41 can be formed by an electrical or electronic device capable of emitting a sound, vibration or light signal, or a radio signal when its input is powered. The signaling module 41 can thus be formed by a light-emitting diode (LED). The logic gate NO also comprises a supply input Vcc connected on the positive pole 51 side of the power source 5. In particular, the supply input Vcc is connected to the element 7 so that the module Detection 40 is powered only when the switch 9 is closed. Thus, when the switch 9 and the closure system 15 are closed, the electrical circuit, formed between the supply source 5 and the input terminal of the detection module 40, is powered.
    [0032] The output of the logic gate NO is then at state 0, which prevents the supply of the signaling module 41. On the other hand, when the closure system 15 is open, the electrical circuit formed between the supply source 5 and the input terminal of the module 40 are no longer powered and the output terminal of the module 40 goes to state 1, so that the signaling module 41 is powered to transmit, preferably after a given delay, a signal characteristic of the absence of closure of the system 15. Advantageously, the delay module 42 interposed between the detection module 40 and the signaling module 41 is configured to introduce a delay between the moment when a detection signal is output from the detection module 40, corresponding to the state 1 of the output of the NO gate, and the activation of the signaling module 41. A resistor RO is arranged on the circuit to enable the proper functioning of the device.
    [0033] In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, by comparison with the example of FIG. 3, the supply source whose positive pole is connected to the element 6 of the closure system 9 is found. In this example , the detection and signaling device 4 comprises an electronic unit 400 and / or computer processing and calculation. In the example illustrated in Figure 5, the unit is a microcontroller. Alternatively, the unit may be a microprocessor with associated memory. Said microcontroller comprises, stored in a memory of said microcontroller, a set of computer instructions forming said detection module 40. The timer module 42 is also formed by an instruction set stored and executable by the unit. The conductive wire element 72 connects the element 7 to the supply input Vcc of the processing and computing unit 400. The terminal 21 is connected on the positive pole side of the source 5. The terminal 24 of the closure system 15 is connected to a digital detection input DI forming said input to which is connected the second terminal 24 of the closure system 15. Said detection module 40 is configured to detect a voltage greater than a threshold value applied to said detection input. For this purpose, the input DI and the terminal 24 of the closure system 15 are connected to ground by a resistor R1 so that in the closed state of the switch 15, the detection module 40 detects the voltage of the source 5 across said resistor R1. The detection of said voltage corresponds to a closed state of the electrical circuit between the supply input Vcc of the unit 400, the closure system 15, and the detection input DI. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the signaling module 41 is connected by one of its terminals to an output D0 of the processing and computing unit 400 and by another terminal to the electrical earth of the device by the intermediate of a resistor R2. Resistor R2 is suitable for the proper functioning of the signaling module. Said output DO makes it possible to activate or not the signaling module 41 as a function of the state of the digital input DI. The signaling module may be as illustrated in FIG. 5, an LED whose anode is connected to the output DO and whose cathode is connected to ground via the resistor R2. Advantageously, the detection and signaling device 4 comprises a wireless communication module 44. The communication module 44 is configured to transmit the state of the detected closure system 15 to an external receiver module 80. Said external receiver module 80 for example forms part of a mobile electronic device 8, such as a tablet or a smart phone. The mobile device is equipped with a computer application configured to signal, for example visually, audibly or vibratory, the closed or open state of said closure system 15. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the communication module 44 can be connected to the unit 400 by a communication bus and is powered by the power source 5 in the closed state of the closure system 9. The fact of connecting the positive pole of the power source 5 the hollow body of the element 6 allows the element 6 to form with the element 7 a power supply switch 5 with respect to the detection module 40, which makes it possible not to consume the energy of the source 5 when the closure system 15, forming for example the fly of a trousers, is open, while the closure system 9, forming for example the button belt of pants, is not yet closed.
    [0034] Whatever the embodiment, the signaling module may emit a sound and / or vibratory and / or light type signal. Said control device comprises sealing means configured so that said detection and signaling device 4 is waterproof. Preferably, the closure system 9 is also waterproof. The detection and / or delay and / or communication and / or signaling modules may be implemented as electronic components and / or computer programs. Computer programs, or computer instructions, may be contained in program storage devices, such as computer readable digital data storage media, or executable programs. The programs or instructions may also be run from program storage devices. The control device can be integrated into a clothing article, such as a trousers openable in the middle on the front or a jacket having an openable pocket, having a part openable and closable.
    [0035] The control device may also be integrated in a luggage, such as a backpack, having a workable and resealable portion.
    [0036] In the case of an article, such as a backpack, having one or more shoulder straps, provision can be made for the closure system 9 which comprises a first element 6 and a second element 7 that can be connected and disconnected electrically. is positioned on a portion of the article, for example a strap, the side intended to bear the user. The element 6 and the element 7 are then configured, for example in the manner of a push button, to be brought into electrical contact by pressing one on the other because of the weight of the article when the article is worn by the user.
    [0037] In other words, in the case of an article worn by the user, such as a backpack, the closure system which comprises the elements 6 and 7 can be configured to be automatically closed in the worn state. by the user, the element 6 and the element 7 being then electrically connected. The closure of said system can be achieved by gravity support of the closure system 9 on the user. Conversely, the element 6 and the element 7 can be returned to a position where they are electrically disconnected from one another.
    [0038] It can also be provided that the control device is in the form of a closure system kit having two rows of elements as described above. Said kit comprises first and second conductive wire elements 421, 424 and a detection and signaling device 4 configured to detect and signal a state of electrical continuity. Said conductive wire elements 421, 424 are intended to be connected to elements, made of conductive material, for example a zipper or button closure and to the detection and signaling device 4, to form said first and second terminals of a closure system whose detection and signaling device 4 can detect and report the open state. Although at least one embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it should be noted that other modifications, substitutions and alternatives occur to those skilled in the art and may be changed without departing from the scope of the object described here.
    [0039] The present application contemplates covering all the adaptations and variations of the embodiments described above. Moreover, the term "including" does not exclude other elements or steps. In addition, features or steps that have been described with reference to one of the embodiments set forth above may also be used in combination with other features or steps of other embodiments set forth above.
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    Claims (21)
    [0001]
    REVENDICATIONS1. Device for checking the closed or open state of an article, such as an article of clothing or article of luggage, the control device being in the form of an electronic circuit comprising: a first system of closure (9), comprising a first element (6) and a second element (7) electrically conductive and connectable and electrically disconnectable relative to each other, at least the first element (6) comprising a hollow body ( 60); - a power source (5), preferably a button cell, housed in the hollow body (60), said power supply source (5) comprising a positive pole (51) and a negative pole (52), one being electrically connected to the hollow body (60) of the first element (6) and the other being connected to an electrically conductive element (456), which is provided with electrical insulation means with respect to the hollow body (60 ) and which passes through said hollow body (60); a second closure system (15) comprising a first terminal (21) and a second terminal (24); A detection and signaling device (4) comprising a detection module (40) configured to be powered by the source (5) in the closed state of the first closure system (9) and to detect the open state or closed of the second closure system (15), and a signaling module (41) configured to transmit a signal according to the open or closed state of the second closure system (15) detected by the detection module (40). ).
    [0002]
    2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that, the first terminal (21) of said second closure system (15) being electrically connected to the circuit on the side of the positive pole (51) of the source (5), the second terminal (24) 30 of said second closure system (15) is connected to an input of the detection module (40), the signaling module (41) being connected to an output of said detection module (40). 3033687 22
    [0003]
    3. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the positive pole (51) of the source (5) is electrically connected to the hollow body (60) of the first element (6) and the negative pole of the source (5). 5) is connected to said conductive element (456) which passes through the hollow body (60) of the first element (6).
    [0004]
    4. Control device according to claim 3, characterized in that the detection module (40) comprises a supply input (Vcc) connected to the circuit on the positive pole side of the source (5) via the second element (7) of the first closure system (9).
    [0005]
    5. Device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the first terminal (21) of the second closure system (15) is electrically connected to the second element (7) of the first closure system (9).
    [0006]
    6. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said device comprises a timing module (42) configured to introduce a delay between the moment when a detection signal is emitted at the output of the detection module (40). and activating the signaling module (41).
    [0007]
    7. Device according to one of the preceding claims taken in combination of claim 2, characterized in that the detection module (40) comprises a logic gate which has an input terminal connected to the second terminal (24). the second closure system (15) and an output terminal connected to the input of the signaling module (41).
    [0008]
    8. Device according to claims 6 and 7, characterized in that said timing module 30 (42) is interposed between the logic gate NO and the signaling module (41). 3033687 23
    [0009]
    9. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the device (4) for detection and signaling comprises a unit (400) for processing and calculation, such as a microprocessor or a microcontroller, said unit comprising a set of computer instructions forming said detection module (40), and in that said processing and computing unit (400) comprises a detection input (DI) to which the second terminal (24) of the second closure system is connected (15), and said detection module (40) is configured to detect a voltage applied to said detection input (DI) greater than a threshold value.
    [0010]
    10. Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the device (4) for detecting and signaling comprises a signaling module (41) 15 connected to an output of the unit (400) for processing and calculation.
    [0011]
    11. Device according to one of claims 9 or 10, characterized in that the device (4) for detecting and signaling comprises a wireless communication module (44) configured to transmit information representative of the closed state or open second closure system (15) to a receiver module (80).
    [0012]
    12. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second closure system (15) has two rows of elements 25 of electrically conductive material which are couplable and uncouplable with respect to each other, so that in the coupled state elements of one row with the elements of the other row, an electrical continuity is established along these elements, one of said elements forming said first terminal (21) of said second closure system ( 15) and another of said elements forming said second terminal (24) of the second closure system (15). 3033687 24
    [0013]
    13. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second closure system (15) comprises: - two strips (111, 121) on each of which is fixed a row of elements, called teeth (11 ,. .., 14, 20, .., 25) made of electrically conductive material; an element (3), called a slider, slidably mounted along the strips (111, 121) and configured to, in one direction, mesh the teeth of one row with the teeth of the other row and in the other meaning, separate them; one of the teeth forming said first terminal (21) and another tooth forming said second terminal (24).
    [0014]
    14. Device according to claim 13, characterized in that the first terminal (21) and the second terminal (24) are, in a direction parallel to the rows of teeth in the interlocked state of said teeth, spaced one of the other by at least one of said teeth of said second closure system.
    [0015]
    15. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second closure system (15) comprises a button closure comprising two rows of elements (11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24 ), made of electrically conductive material, each element of a row being couplable and disengageable with an element of the other row; one of said elements forming said first terminal (21) and another of said elements forming said second terminal (24); the device also comprising electrical connection means configured for, when said elements are coupled together, establishing electrical continuity between said first terminal (21) and said second terminal (24).
    [0016]
    16. Device according to claim 15, characterized in that the first terminal (21) and the second terminal (24) are, in a direction parallel to the rows of elements in the coupled state of said elements of the button closure, spaced from each other by at least one of said elements (22, 23) of the button closure 3033687 25
    [0017]
    17. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said elements (6,7) are formed by corresponding buttons and eyelets. 5
    [0018]
    18. Article, preferably clothing, such as a trousers openable in the middle on the front or a jacket having an openable pocket, said article having a working part equipped with a closure system, characterized in that said article comprises a device control device according to one of the preceding claims, said closure system associated with the working part forming said second closure system.
    [0019]
    19. Article according to claim 18, characterized in that said article is pants and the first closure system (9) is a closure button 15 located at the waist of the pants.
    [0020]
    20. Luggage, such as a backpack, having a working part equipped with a closure system, characterized in that said article comprises a control device according to one of claims 1 to 17, said closure system 20 associated with the working part forming said second closure system.
    [0021]
    21. Kit for closure system (15) of an opening part of an article, said kit for manufacturing a control device according to one of claims 1 to 17, said kit comprising: - a first system of closure (9), comprising a first element (6) and a second element (7) electrically conductive and connectable and electrically disconnectable relative to each other, at least the first element (6) comprising a hollow body (60 ); a source (5) of electrical power that can be accommodated in the hollow body (60), said power supply source (5) comprising a positive pole (51) and a negative pole (52), one being able to being electrically connected to the hollow body (60) of the first element (6) and the other being able to be connected to an electrically conductive element (456), which is provided with means of electrical insulation with respect to the hollow body ( 60) and which passes through said hollow body (60); a detection and signaling device (4) comprising a detection module (40) configured to be powered by the source (5) in the closed state of the first closure system (9) and to detect the open state or closed said closure system (15) of the opening part of the article, and a signaling module (41) configured to transmit a signal according to the open or closed state of said closure system (15) detected by the detection module (40). 10
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