Aftermarket improvements for an industrial van
OwnerPeter Goldinventor
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Abstract
To promote safer use of an industrial van of a type having a body with right and left pivotally hinged doors usually opened preparatory to workmen working out of the rear of the van, there is provided an additional light display on a cooperating edge of each of the doors in facing relation to an oncoming motorist to mark the stationary van as a road obstruction.
Claims2
Improvements for providing a safe environment for workmen working out of a rear of a van of a type having a body with right and left pivotally hinged doors and tail lights displayed to an oncoming motorist located outwardly of a hinge axis of said right and left doors illuminated by a battery of said van, wherein said tail lights are obscured to said oncoming motorist when said right and left doors are in an open condition, said improvements comprising said right and left doors each having an operative open condition extending rearwardly of said van so as to bound therebetween a designated safe work area for a user of said van, an additional light-reflecting means on a cooperating edge of each said door in facing relation to said oncoming motorist to serve as a light display on opposite sides of said designated work area, whereby reflected light resulting from light from headlights of approaching traffic impinging upon said light-reflecting means contributes to providing notice of an existence of said van as a road obstruction and to safety of said user of said van located in said designated work area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.