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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
Applicant:
William Bennett, East Sandwich, MA (US);
Inventor:
William Bennett, East Sandwich, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G08B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 5/005 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/1125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering wheel cover that houses the sensor, indicator, power and communication elements of a driver safety system is disclosed. The objective is to discourage texting, eating, primping one's self and cell phone use that distract drivers and causes accidents. The steering wheel cover is light, easy to install and lock in place but strong and difficult to forcibly remove. The driver safety system senses the positions of the driver's hands on the wheel rewarding safe habits. When the system senses bad habits the driver is warned, incidence is recorded for third party information in addition to alerting and annoying dis-rewards are given.