An apparatus and method for reminding a motor vehicle driver to take some action before exiting the vehicle. A reminder ribbon apparatus is disclosed. One end of the reminder ribbon is held in place at the driver's right side, as by being attached to the strap bracket anchoring the female seat belt buckle to the vehicle. The other end of the reminder ribbon is attached, as with a spring clip, to the seat belt when the seat belt buckle assembly is engaged to place the seat belt in the use position across the driver's torso. When the seat belt buckle assembly is disengaged, the reminder ribbon is drawn across the driver's torso by the automatically retracting seatbelt. The driver is reminded, by the presence of the ribbon across his torso, to take an action, for example to attend to a child in the back seat of the vehicle, before exiting.
Reminder method and apparatus for a motor vehicle driver
2015-11-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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European Patent Office | 2017
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