Safety sign device with hinge and related methods
OwnerDanny Ringer, Anthony J. Bilello +2inventors
InventorsDanny Ringer, Anthony J. Bilello, Shawn Beauchamp, Christopher J. Bilello
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Abstract
A safety sign device is for a vehicle. The safety sign device may include a hinge being coupled a side of the vehicle, and an arm. The arm may include an elongate base, an electric motor coupled to the elongate base, an elongate housing coupled to the elongate base, and visual indicators carried by the elongate housing. The safety sign device may also include a sign coupled to the arm and being parallel to the arm. The hinge may include a pin, and a link assembly coupled between the pin and the electric motor and being rotatable about the pin. The electric motor may be configured to extend and retract the arm between a retracted position and an extended position.
Claims18
A safety sign device for a vehicle, the safety sign device comprising:
- a hinge being coupled a side of the vehicle;
- an arm comprising
- an elongate base,
- an electric motor coupled to the elongate base,
- an elongate housing coupled to the elongate base,
- a plurality of visual indicators carried by the elongate housing, and
- a connection assembly coupled between the elongate base and the elongate housing and comprising first and second elastic devices coupled to adjacent portions of the elongate base, the connection assembly being configured to permit the elongate housing to be flexible with respect to the elongate base;
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- a sign coupled to the arm and being substantially parallel to the arm;
- the electric motor configured to extend and retract the arm between a retracted position and an extended position.
A method for making a safety sign device for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling a hinge to a side of the vehicle;
- coupling an arm to the hinge, the arm comprising
- an elongate base,
- an electric motor coupled to the elongate base,
- an elongate housing coupled to the elongate base,
- a plurality of visual indicators carried by the elongate housing, and
- a connection assembly coupled between the elongate base and the elongate housing and comprising first and second elastic devices coupled to adjacent portions of the elongate base, the connection assembly being configured to permit the elongate housing to be flexible with respect to the elongate base;
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- coupling a sign to the arm and being substantially parallel to the arm;
- the electric motor configured to extend and retract the arm between a retracted position and an extended position.
A safety sign device for a vehicle, the safety sign device comprising:
- a hinge being coupled a side of the vehicle;
- an arm comprising
- an elongate base,
- an electric motor coupled to the elongate base,
- an elongate housing coupled to the elongate base,
- a plurality of visual indicators carried by the elongate housing, and
- a connection assembly coupled between elongate base and the elongate housing;
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- a sign coupled to the arm and being substantially parallel to the arm;
- the electric motor configured to extend and retract the arm between a retracted position and an extended position;
- an image sensor;
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- a sensor coupled to the image sensor and configured to detect when the arm is flexed beyond a threshold limit while in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.