Patent ID: 7265671

Claim:
A safety alarm system for alerting a driver to the presence of seat-belted passengers remaining in a parked vehicle, comprising: a vehicle status sensor; a seatbelt having a first seatbelt portion and a second seatbelt portion; a transmitter subassembly connected to the first seatbelt portion and configured to send a transmitter signal; and a receiver subassembly connected to the second seatbelt portion and operationally coupled to the transmitter subassembly; and a sound generator in electric communication with the receiver subassembly; wherein the vehicle status sensor generates a first ignition sensor signal when the vehicle is on; wherein the vehicle status sensor generates a second ignition sensor signal when the vehicle is off; wherein reception by the receiver subassembly of the transmitter signal from the transmitter subassembly and the second signal from the vehicle status sensor actuates the sound generator; wherein the vehicle status sensor is operationally connected to the vehicle motor and in electric communication with the receiver subassembly.