Safety device

A signal-safety device for use on a bicycle-type vehicle for extending laterally therefrom and warning other vehicles to maintain a prescribed distance, said signal-safety device comprising;

• an elongated, substantially rigid element of a length defining a clear safe distance for passing vehicles;
• mounting means at one end of said element for mounting the rigid element in laterally-extending relationship from a frame member of the vehicle upon which the signal-safety device is to be used;
• a signal device at the other end of said rigid element for warning an oncoming vehicle of the presence of the vehicle upon which the signal-safety device is mounted and apprising the oncoming vehicle of the clear, safe distance at which to pass the signal-safety device;
• and a flexible, resilient joint means interposed between said rigid element and said mounting means so that the signal-safety device will yield when struck by an oncoming vehicle and will not damage the same nor the vehicle upon which it is mounted and will permit the signal-safety device to be folded along the frame of the vehicle upon which it is mounted to permit storage of the signal-safety device, said rigid element being tubular and said resilient joint means comprising a helical coil spring element telescoped into the tubular rigid element, said mounting means comprising a stud threaded into said coil spring element and a reverted, externally-threaded, U-shaped element for receiving a frame member of the vehicle transversely therethrough, and a nut element circumposed about said U-shaped element for clampingly engaging the transverse frame member in the U-shaped element.