MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. - An engineering teacher at a Tennessee high school has invented a solution she hopes will prevent deaths of infnats from being left in a hot car.
Susan Quave, who teaches her students to find an engineering solution to problems, developed the "don't Forget Me" car seat system, which has received a provisional patent.
"Where the idea came from is this summer, when a lot of infants were in circumstances where they lost their lives because they were left in hot vehicles," said Quave.
The system is activated sounding an alarm when the driver or baby sit on the cushion.
"When the driver leaves the car, the speaker will say, 'Don't forget me,': said Quave."When the driver shuts the door, after two minutes, the beacon light which is on the fan of the child's infant seat's protection thing will come on and the beacon light will say, 'Child in danger."
Quave is a mother and grandmother herself and decided to do what she could to help prevent future deaths.
Quave said she researched the market for similar products to make sure her product is unique. She is currently waiting to hear back from car seat manufacturers.
(Reporting compiled by NBC's Olivia Caridi)