Patent ID: 7626495

Claim:
A seatbelt usage indicator system for indicating the use of seatbelts of a vehicle, said system comprising: a plurality of buckles being secured to the vehicle, a latch plate of each of the seatbelts being inserted into one of said buckles to secure each of the seatbelts to one of said buckles; and a plurality of counter assemblies, each of said buckles having one of said counter assemblies coupled thereto, each of said counter assemblies being actuated when the latch plate is inserted into the associated one of said buckles to count the number of times the latch plate has been inserted, each of said counter assemblies displaying the number of times the latch plate has been inserted into the associated one of said buckles, each of said counter assemblies including: a display being coupled to the associated one of said buckles to be viewed; a processing unit being positioned in the associated one of said buckles and electrically coupled to said display, said processing unit being electrically coupled to an electrical system of the vehicle, said processing unit actuating said display to display the number of times the latch plate has been inserted into the associated one to said buckles, said processing unit being programmable to reset said display when the vehicle is started and increment the number on said display when said latch plate is inserted into the associated one of said buckles.