Emergency blinker and flag display

For an automotive vehicle an emergency warning signal comprising:

• 1. a mounting block and an end mount adapted to be secured in spaced horizontal relation on the body of such a vehicle;
• 2. A spring-loaded tubular arm having one end pivotally mounted on said mounting block and normally tending to swing in a plane toward vertical position away from said end mount;
• 3. a latch means at the opposite end of said tubular arm for latchingly engaging said end mount for holding said tubular arm in horizontal relation between said end mounts;
• 4. said tubular arm having a flag receiving chamber adjacent its pivotally mounted end provided with an access opening disposed face down when said arm is in a horizontal position;
• 5. a half tubular member adapted to overlie the bottom surface of said tubular arm for closing the access opening therein;
• 6. means for pivotally mounting said half tubular member adjacent the opposite end of said tubular arm;
• 7. a folded flag arranged in the chamber in said tubular arm and having tethered connection to the adjacent free end of said half tubular member;
• 8. spring actuated means formed integrally on said half tubular member and the pivotal connection thereof with said tubular arm for urging the half tubular member in jack-knife fashion away from said spring-loaded tubular arm toward extended aligned relation thereto as the latter swings toward vertical position to thereby withdraw from the chamber thereof said flag for unfolded display at the upper free end of said half tubular member;
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• 9. release means in the opposite end of said tubular arm operatively engageable with said latch means for releasing said arm from said end mount.