Patent ID: 8072351
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A blind spot alert apparatus, comprising, in combination: a pair of identical sensors comprising a first sensor and a second sensor, each sensor having a front spaced apart from a back, a top spaced apart from a bottom, the first sensor mounted in a left rear quadrant area of a vehicle, the second sensor mounted in a right rear quadrant area of the vehicle, the front of each sensor disposed outwardly; a pair of displays fitted within an existing instrument panel of the vehicle, the displays comprising a left display in a left side of the instrument panel, a right display in a right side of the instrument panel; a chime fitted within the vehicle; a beeper fitted within the vehicle; the left display consisting of a red WARNING indicia, a green OK indicia, and a left arrow; the right display consisting of a red WARNING indicia, a green OK indicia, and a right arrow; each sensor and each display in communication with an existing CPU, a turn signal switch, and a speedometer of the vehicle, the chime, and the beeper; wherein an initiation of a left turn from the turn signal switch and an absence of an obstacle proximal to the left rear quadrant area of the vehicle results in a lighting of the left display green OK indicia, the left arrow, and a ringing of the chime, a presence of an obstacle proximal to the left rear quadrant area of the vehicle results in a lighting of the left display red WARNING indicia and a beeping of the beeper, the ringing and the beeping cancelled at a speedometer speed below 5 miles per hour; wherein an initiation of a right turn from the signal switch and an absence of an obstacle proximal to the right rear quadrant area of the vehicle results in a lighting of the right display green OK indicia, the right arrow, and a ringing of the chime, a presence of an obstacle proximal to the right rear quadrant area of the vehicle results in a lighting of the right display red WARNING indicia and a beeping of the beeper, the ringing and the beeping cancelled at a speedometer speed below 5 miles per hour.