Automotive door accessory for turning office vehicle headlight switch
OwnerAldo J. Carboniinventor
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Abstract
Two-piece assembly fixed to inner forward margin of driver's door of vehicle so as to position a horizontal support arm generally parallel to and spaced from auto dashboard, with a terminal abutment arm carried normally overlying the face of the pull knob of headlight pull-push switch-rod when retracted to its (OFF) position. Abutment arm is pivoted or spring-loaded for manual retraction to disengaged position which is automatically restored upon door opening, so that subsequent closing of door will cause abutment arm to axially contact outdrawn switch-rod and press it back to light-off position.
Claims7
A motor vehicle automatic headlight turnoff switch assembly comprising:
- a support arm having means at one end for attachment to an inner upstanding surface of a horizontally swingable vehicle door in position to locate the unattached end of said arm adjacent the operator's end of a headlight switch-rod which is longitudinally reciprocable between IN and OUT positions, the latter position serving to keep the headlights on,
- an abutment member carried by the unattached end of said support arm, being movable between alternate positions, (a) axially adjacent the end of the switch-rod when the latter is at IN position, so as to block the switch-rod being drawn to OUT position, and (b) laterally retracted therefrom so as to permit the switch-rod to be drawn to OUT position, said member being biased to normally occupy position (a) and thus automatically to assume such position upon the vehicle door being opened, whereby closing the door causes the abutment member to frictionally abut the switch-rod when OUT positioned and push it to IN position, thereby extinguishing the headlights operated by the switch-rod.
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