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OwnerMarc Moore, Wendy Sandberg +2inventors
InventorsMarc Moore, Wendy Sandberg, David Helper, Lisa Helper
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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.
A reminder apparatus useable in combination with a motor vehicle seat belt system featuring a seat belt and a female seat belt buckle, the reminder apparatus comprising:
A method for reminding a motor vehicle driver prior to the driver's exiting the vehicle, comprising the steps of:
A method for reminding a motor vehicle driver prior to the driver's exiting the vehicle, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.