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US 2003/0150369 A1Published application
Back-up range guide for vehicles
OwnerFernand Gauthierinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle back-up guide comprised of a lever arm which defines an abutting arm and a spacing arm angled relative to each other. The lever arm is pivotally mounted to a mounting means to the rear side of the vehicle. As the vehicle is backing-up and closing in on an object, the abuttting arm, which has a distal end projecting substantiually away from the vehicle, makes contact with the object and this automatically moves the spacing arm outwardly thus giving a visual indication of the relative distance of the vehicle to the object.
Claims9
A vehicle back-up guide comprising:
- a lever arm, said lever arm defining an abutting arm and a spacing arm, said abutting and spacing arms being angled relative to each other;
- said lever arm being pivotally mounted to a mounting means for mounting the lever arm to the rear side of a vehicle;
- a visual indicating means positioned at a distal end of said spacing arm;
- a biasing means for biasing said lever arm towards an initial configuration wherein said spacing arm is in a generally parallel relationship relative to a lateral side of said vehicle.
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