Van rear three-light display
OwnerPeter Goldinventor
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Abstract
A rearwardly facing three-light display of a parked van to inform an approaching motorist if one, both or none of the rear doors are open, using to advantage lights that are illuminated in the display and also lights, although illuminated, that are not seen by the approaching motorist because of being masked from view by an open door, resulting in three possible light displays which, as a result of driver education, will inform the approaching motorist of the open and closed condition of the rear doors of the parked or stationary van.
Claims1
Improvements for a van of a type having left and right rear doors pivotally traversable between closed and open conditions and a known brake-operated three-light display of a triangular configuration in surrounding relation about said left and right doors consisting of two tail lights each laterally adjacent a cooperating one said left and right rear door and an elevated single tail light centrally located above said left and right doors, said improvements for said three-light display comprising a rear van wall means having edges bounding an opening for said pivotally traversing of said left and right doors between said closed and open conditions thereof in relation to said opening, said left and right doors each having peripheral edges cooperating with said wall means opening-bounding edges to form a rear closure for said van, an electrical circuit for said three-light display, and two electrical switches each having a door-depressing condition and a door-releasing condition operatively located in an interposed position between said wall means opening-bounding edges and said left and right door peripheral edges electrically connected to said electrical circuit to activate said three-light display only in said switch door-releasing condition, whereby during non-braking operation of said three-light display an opening of one said left and right rear door unavoidably obscuring a tail light adjacent thereto to an approaching motorist is effective to operate said three-light display in a modified display consisting of said single centrally located tail light and a visible tail light of a closed door and a non-visible tail light of an open door to thereby inform said approaching motorist of said open condition of said one door.
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