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US 4,288,777 AGranted
Parking aid
OwnerManfred Luikinventor
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Abstract
A parking aid generates a signal when a vehicle approaches an obstacle, e.g., a garage wall, on which the parking aid is mounted. The distance of the vehicle to the obstacle, at which the aid will produce the optical and/or acoustical signal, can be adjustable or fixed.
Claims17
A parking aid for vehicles approaching an obstacle, particularly a wall of a garage, comprising signal generating means;
- and actuating means operatively connected with said signal generating means to trigger the same when contacted by an approaching vehicle, said actuating means comprising a resiliently mounted contact member coupled with said signal generating means, a feeler member having an upper part extending outwardly from the obstacle and a lower part extending vertically downwardly from said upper part, and a resilient spring having spaced end portions connected to said upper part of said feeler member and to said contact member, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.