Vehicle flare assembly and launcher
OwnerFernando Jimenezinventor
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Abstract
A flare assembly including a flare mounted in a base and a plurality of wire legs pivotably connected to the base has its legs folded and the entire assembly inserted in a cup-shaped pusher element in a launch tube mounted beneath a vehicle. A spring under compression, when released by a trigger mechanism actuated from the vehicle dash, will force the pusher element through the tube to catapult the flare assembly into a roadway. The flare has a flint wheel in frictional engagement with the interior of the launch tube so when the flare assembly is launched, the wheel will ignite the flare. The flare will catapult from the vehicle and land on the legs which open to support the flare in an upright position, to warn oncoming vehicles of the distressed vehicle.
Claims7
A pyrotechnic signal device comprising:
- a flare assembly including
- a base,
- a flare inserted in said base,
- a plurality of legs pivotably mounted on said base, and
- a tube for launching said flare assembly from a vehicle including
- means on said tube for mounting said tube on a vehicle,
- a cup-shaped pusher element slidably mounted in said tube receiving the base of said flare assembly,
- compressed spring means between said pusher element and tube for sliding said pusher element in said tube to catapult said flare assembly onto a roadway,
- stop means in said tube for limiting the amount of sliding movement of said pusher element,
- trigger release means extending through said tube adapted to overly said pusher element, said trigger release means being actuated from within the interior of a vehicle, and
- flare ignition means on said flare in frictional engagement with the interior of said tube for igniting said flare as said flare is catapulted and launched from said tube by said pusher element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.