Patent ID: 9260054
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B60Q,B60R

Claim Text:
1. A system for detecting whether a vehicle driver is wearing a fastened seat belt while the vehicle is in operation, comprising: (a) a control unit; (b) said control unit being affixed to the interior of the vehicle cabin within the front half of the passenger compartment of the vehicle; (c) said control unit being connected to four switches; and (d) said control unit being connected to a plurality of external seatbelt indicator lights; (e) said plurality of external seatbelt indicator lights emit light comprising a machine-readable component whereby said machine-readable component is detectable to law enforcement equipment and is placed in electronic communication with law enforcement data systems whereby the simultaneous activation of all four of said four switches would cause said control unit to activate said plurality of external seatbelt indicator lights, and deactivation of any of said four switches would cause said control unit to deactivate said plurality of external seatbelt indicator lights.