Light reflectors
OwnerDragan Vukadinovicinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable light reflector assembly attached to the valve of an automobile tire and secured in place by the valve cap. An assembly consisting of a light reflector housing molded of a plastic material which is screwed onto a die cut metallic strip perforated with a row of equally spaced holes suitably sized to fit around the valve's threaded portion. A light reflector protruding just outside the outermost edge of the tire's sidewall so as to reflect light back at following traffic once during each rotation of the wheel creating a flickering effect whose intervals of brightness vary with the speed of travel.
Claims1
A light reflector assembly adapted to be attached to the valve of an automobile tire and secured in place by the valve cap;
- said light reflector assembly comprising:
- a metallic strip of predetermined length having a series of equally sized and spaced holes therethrough, said holes having rims integral with the surface of said strip;
- a plurality of linear indentations spanning the breadth of said strip, located between said holes and adjacent to said rims;
- a segment at one end of said strip, perpendicularly bent therefrom, having a hole suitably sized to receive the threaded portion of said valve;
- a disk-shaped portion at the other end of said strip, integral with said strip, having a centrally located screw therethrough, said screw connecting said strip to the back of a substancially rectangular plastic light reflector housing, said housing having a correspondingly shaped and sized light reflector situated therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.