Control system for public carrier vehicles

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CARRIER VEHICLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PASSENGER SEATS, AN IGNITION CIRCUIT AND A BATTERY FOR ENERGIZING THE IGNITION CIRCUIT, THE COMBINATION OF: A NORMALLY OPEN IGNITION DISABLING CIRCUIT ADAPTED FOR COUPLING IN SHUNT ARRANGEMENT WITH SAID IGNITION CIRCUIT FOR RENDERING THE LATTER INOPERABLE WHEN THE DISABLING CIRCUIT IS CLOSED; ELECTRICALLY RESPONSIVE DISABLING SWITCHING STRUCTURE COUPLED WITH THE DISABLING CIRCUIT FOR CLOSING THE LATTER WHEN THE STRUCTURE IS OPERATED; A NORMALLY OPEN CONTROL CIRCUIT ADAPTED FOR COUPLING WITH SAID BATTERY AND COUPLED WITH THE STRUCTURE FOR OPERATING THE LATTER WHEN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT IS CLOSED; A SEAT SWITCH FOR EACH OF SAID SEATS AND DISPOSED TO BE CLOSED BY A PASSENGER POSITIONED ON A CORRESPONDING SEAT; AN ELECTRICALLY RESPONSIVE SWITCHING ELEMENT FOR EACH OF SAID SEAT SWITCHES OPERABLY COUPLED WITH RESPECTIVE SEAT SWITCHES AND TO SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CLOSING THE LATTER WHEN ONE OR MORE OF SAID SEAT SWITCHES ARE OPERATED; SWITCHING MEANS OPERABLY COUPLED WITH SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR RE-OPENING THE LATTER AFTER SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT IS CLOSED BY SAID ELECTRICALLY RESPONSIVE SWITCHING ELEMENTS, SAID SWITCHING MEANS HAVING CONTACTS SHIFTABLE TO POSITIONS TO OPEN SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT UPON BEING OPERATED A NUMBER OF TIMES CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF SEAT SWITCHES OPERATED AT A GIVEN TIME; AND MEANS OPERABLY COUPLED TO SAID SWITCHING MEANS, UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR FOR OPERATING THE SWITCHING MEANS TO PREVENT CLOSING OF SAID DISABLING CIRCUIT WHEN ONE OR MORE PASSENGERS ARE POSITIONED ON SAID SEATS, TO THEREBY COERCE THE OPERATOR TO OPERATE SAID SWITCHING MEANS A NUMBER OF TIMES CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SEATED UPON SAID PASSENGER SEATS.