Vehicle caution sign
AssigneeCHR Industries, Inc.
InventorsWalter H. Reimers, Gerald Muirhead
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Abstract
A vehicle safety or caution sign is attached to the side of a vehicle. The sign is held by an elongated member which is coupled by a first pivot to a mounting member that attaches to the vehicle. The first pivot enables the sign to be swung in a fore and aft direction relative to and toward and from the vehicle. The sign has a bearing member secured thereto and which operates as a second pivot and is coupled with the elongated member to enable the sign to hang in a generally vertical position when the vehicle is moving at a slow speed or is stopped, and to enable swinging of the sign to a generally horizontal position when the vehicle is moving in excess of a predetermined speed.
Claims19
A caution sign for use on a vehicle comprising
- means for mounting the sign on the vehicle,
- holding means coupled with said mounting means and extending outwardly therefrom,
- first pivot means coupling said mounting means and said holding means, and
- second pivot means secured to said sign and pivotally coupled with said holding means, said second pivot means comprising a bearing member defining an aperture of inclined shape therethrough, said sign being freely disposed in a generally vertical direction and supported by said bearing member and readily visible when said vehicle is not moving and said sign freely pivoting to a generally horizontal direction and supported by said bearing member when said vehicle is moving at a predetermined speed.
A sign assembly comprising a
- sign member,
- means for mounting the sign member to the side of a vehicle,
- pivot means,
- holding means pivotally coupled with said mounting means by said pivot means and extending outwardly from the side of the vehicle, and
- bearing means secured to said sign member and coupled with said holding means, said bearing means comprising a bearing member defining an aperture of inclined shape therethrough, said sign member being freely disposed in a generally vertical position and supported by said bearing member and readily visible when said vehicle is not moving and said sign member freely swinging to a generally horizontal position and supported by said bearing member when said vehicle is moving at a predetermined speed.
In a caution sign for use on a vehicle, means for mounting the sign on the vehicle and holding means pivotally connected with said mounting means and extending outwardly from the vehicle, the improvement comprising
- bearing means secured to the sign and pivotally coupled with said holding means, said bearing means comprising a bearing member defining an aperture of inclined shape therethrough for receiving and for supporting said holding means, said sign being freely disposed in a generally vertical position and supported by said bearing member and readily visible when said vehicle is not moving and said sign freely swinging to a generally horizontal position and supported by said bearing member when said vehicle is moving at a predetermined speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.