Visible auto identification device, system, and method
View Patent ↗Holders, devices and methods for storing identification information, such as but not limited to driver's licenses, insurance and vehicle registration and safety tip information for quick and easy retrieval from storage containers that can be mounted in easy to reach and clearly visible locations for vehicle drivers, such as but not limited to being mounted on steering wheel columns, where the storage locations are clearly visible to outside law officers approaching a vehicle.
1. A vehicle storage container for storing and providing easy to retrieve driver identification documents, consisting in combination of:
a plurality of card shaped transparent sleeves, each sleeve having closed sides and a closed bottom and a single open top end, the plurality of sleeves being hinged to one another along each closed bottom, each of the sleeves being used for holding the driver identification documents, and a tab attached to and extending out from each single open top end of each of the sleeves;
a single cover flap consisting of one side edge hinged to one of the sleeves, for folding about a front side of the plurality of sleeves, and a transparent plastic magnifying lens for use in enlarging the driver identification documents when any of the driver identification documents are removed from the sleeves,
a single base holder consisting of closed sides, a closed bottom end and a single opposite open end for accessing inside of the holder, a front wall and a rear wall, the front wall having a shorter height portion than the rear wall, wherein the hinged closed bottoms of the plurality of sleeves in a folded generally flat position with the cover flap folded over the front side of the plurality of sleeves is inserted into the open end of the base holder, so that the tab is exposed from the open end of the base holder, and the plurality of sleeves in the folded generally flat position with the cover flap folded is completely removable from the base holder by the tab; and
a strap for attaching the base holder about a steering wheel post so that the base holder is on top of the steering wheel post inside and is safely visible from outside of the vehicle, and so that a vehicle driver hands retrieving the plurality of card shaped sleeves are adapted to be safely visible from outside of the vehicle.
2. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of sleeves includes:
a bifold having two sleeves; and
the tab extending from an open end of one of the two sleeves for allowing the bifold to be pulled out of the base holder.
3. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of sleeves includes:
four sleeves, for each holding one of the driver identification documents; and
a safety card providing instruction information after being stopped by law enforcement.
4. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , wherein the strap includes:
a first end with hooks; and
a second end with loops, for allowing the strap to adjust to different diameter steering wheel posts.
5. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , wherein the strap includes:
a first end with a length adjustment buckle; and
a second free end for insertion into the buckle for allowing the strap to be length adjustable to different diameter steering wheel posts.
6. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , wherein the open end of the base holder is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the strap.
7. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , wherein the open end of the base holder is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the strap.
8. The vehicle storage container of claim 1 , further comprising:
a reusable fastener for allowing the base holder to be removed from the strap, so that the base holder with the plurality of sleeves can be removed by the driver when the vehicle is parked.
9. The vehicle storage container of claim 8 , wherein the reusable fastener includes hook and loop fasteners.
10. The vehicle storage container of claim 8 , wherein the reusable fastener includes snaps.
11. The vehicle storage container of claim 8 , wherein the reusable fastener includes: a self-sticking material.