Vehicle identification signal device
OwnerJames F. Lichon, Charles Earl Coneinventors
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Abstract
A signal device is usable with motorcycles or the like to identify the presence and direction of motion of the vehicle in limited visibility situations. A mast extending upwardly from the vehicle supports the signal lamp assembly above the vehicle. A pair of transparent domes secured on the signal lamp assembly in a forward-rearward relationship with respect to the vehicle enclose separate lamps. The domes are color-coded so that the forward and rearward ends of the vehicle are identifiable without actual visual contact with the vehicle. The signal device circuit may be interconnected with the vehicle indicator circuits so as to be operable therewith. The mast may be telescopically extended to provide greater ranges of visibility.
Claims5
For use with vehicles such as motorcycles or the like, a signal device comprising:
- a casing having forward and rearward lamp sockets disposed thereon;
- forward and rearward transparent domes detachably secured to said casing, each of said domes being cooperable with said casing to enclose one of said lamp sockets, said domes being color coded to indicate the forward and rearward directions;
- circuit means connected at one end to said lamp sockets for connection at the other end to the vehicle indicator circuits;
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- a mast having a first tubular member adapted proximate its lower end for attachment to the vehicle and a second tubular member secured at its upper end to said casing, said second member being telescopically extendible from and retractable into said first member, said first member having a knurl disposed on its inner wall proximate its upper end and said second member having a striation substantially along the length of its outer wall, said knurl being cooperable with said striation to prevent rotational motion of said second member in relation to said first member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.