Vehicle seat belt attachment apparatus for providing an automatic alert notification
First Claim
1. A seat belt attachment apparatus for providing an alert notification, comprising:
- a mounting member configured to fixedly attach to a conventional seat belt buckle; and
an actuator housing integrated with said mounting member and configured to move relative to the mounting member when subjected to manual pressure in an actuating direction from a first position to a second position so as to cause a seat belt disengaging button integral with the seat belt buckle to be actuated and an alert notification to be initiated.
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Abstract
A seat belt attachment apparatus for providing an alert notification that is secured to a conventional seat belt buckle and initiates an audible alert message each time the seat belt buckle is engaged to release the seat belt comprises a mounting member fixedly mounted to the seat belt buckle and an actuator housing is slidably disposed on the mounting member. The actuator housing is positioned such that when it is depressed, it slides into the seat belt buckle'"'"'s disengaging button, thereby enabling a user to indirectly disengage a locked conventional seat belt assembly by supplying manual pressure in an actuating direction to the actuator housing. This simultaneously causes a sound module integrated with said actuator housing to emit an alert notification concerning a vehicle condition, such as a reminder to not forget a child in the vehicle.
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18 Claims
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1. A seat belt attachment apparatus for providing an alert notification, comprising:
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a mounting member configured to fixedly attach to a conventional seat belt buckle; and an actuator housing integrated with said mounting member and configured to move relative to the mounting member when subjected to manual pressure in an actuating direction from a first position to a second position so as to cause a seat belt disengaging button integral with the seat belt buckle to be actuated and an alert notification to be initiated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A seat belt attachment apparatus for providing an alert notification, comprising:
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a mounting member configured to fixedly attach to a conventional seat belt buckle; an actuator housing slidably disposed on said mounting member and configured to move relative to the mounting member when subjected to manual pressure in an actuating direction from a first position to a second position so as to cause a seat belt disengaging button integral with the seat belt buckle to be actuated and an alert notification to be initiated; and a housing biasing system connected to said mounting member and said actuator housing that positionally biases the actuator housing such that it maintains the first position relative to the mounting member in the absence of manual pressure. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A seat belt attachment apparatus for attaching to a conventional seat belt system and providing an alert notification, comprising:
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a mounting member configured to fixedly attached to a seat belt locking member; and a notification housing integrated with a seat belt system and connected to said mounting member, wherein said mounting member is operative to initiate an alert notification on said notification housing upon the seat belt system moving from an in use position to a not in use position. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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