Vehicle safety device
OwnerRichard R. Suhminventor
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Abstract
A vehicle safety device, such as for use with a bicycle, adapted to be mounted adjacent the rear end thereof. The device includes an upstanding flexible mounting shaft, preferably made of a polymeric material, detachably connected at one end to the vehicle and at the other end adapted to mount a signal device. The device includes a symmetrical, irregularly shaped body in transverse cross section having a plurality of integral, radially extending blade-like elements for aerodynamically spinning the body about a vertical axis during operation of the vehicle.
Claims4
A vehicle safety device adapted for detachable connection on a vehicle, such as a bicycle or the like, comprising
- an elongated shaft member adapted to be detachably connected to said vehicle,
- an elongated body member detachably mounted adjacent the opposite end of said shaft member,
- the elongated portion of the body defining alternating convex and concave surfaces wherein a plurality of the convex surfaces blend at one end into an adjacent concave surface and at the other end combine with a non-parallel concave surface to form blade-like terminal end edges,
- support means for rotatably mounting said body on said shaft member for rotational movement about the vertical axis of said shaft member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.