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US 5,685,255 AGranted
Flag warning device
OwnerSidney R. Arzuinventor
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Abstract
A flag warning device for attachment to extended loads such as ladders or extended items that are in the trunk of a standard vehicle and which are too large to fit in the ordinary trunk and therefore require the trunk to be opened while the items extend out from the back. The flag warning device comprises a central portion which has an open mesh type surface so that the wind can blow through it and therefore cause it to remain essentially vertical so that it can be easily seen by the oncoming traffic. The flag warning device has a hinge assembly which can be locked into the 90.degree. position further serves to secure the flag in the vertical position to assure that it can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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A warning device for attachment to a load on a moving vehicle, consisting of:
- (a) a generally triangular shaped frame having a front side, a back side, a central open portion, and inner edges surrounding the central open portion;
- (b) a mesh structure integrally molded to said inner edges of said triangular shaped frame and located within said central open portion, the mesh structure being an open mesh with a plurality of apertures for allowing wind to blow through the plurality of apertures so that said triangular shaped frame does not blow upwardly but is instead caused to remain substantially in a vertical position, said mesh structure having warning indicia thereon;
- (c) a hinge assembly including a base and a hingeable rod, the base attached to said back side of said triangular shaped frame, the hingeable rod rotatably hinged to the base such that the hingeable rod can be rotated to an angled position with regard to said back side of said triangular shaped frame for securing said warning device to said load while keeping said triangular shaped frame in a vertical position;
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- (d) means for attaching said hingeable rod to said load such that said triangular shaped frame is maintained in said vertical position to assure that said warning device can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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A warning device for attachment to a load on a moving vehicle, consisting of:
- (a) a generally triangular shaped frame having a front side, a back side, a central open portion, and inner edges surrounding the central open portion;
- (b) a separate mesh structure attached to said inner edges of said triangular shaped frame and located within said central open portion, the mesh structure having a plurality of apertures for allowing wind to blow through the plurality of apertures so that said triangular shaped frame does not blow upwardly but is instead caused to remain substantially in a vertical position, said mesh structure having warning indicia thereon;
- (c) a hinge assembly including a base and a hingeable rod, the base attached to said back side of said triangular shaped frame, the hingeable rod rotatably hinged to the base such that the hingeable rod can be rotated to an angled position with regard to said back side of said triangular shaped frame for securing said warning device to said load while keeping said triangular shaped frame in a vertical position;
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- (d) means for attaching said hingeable rod to said load such that said triangular shaped frame is maintained in said vertical position to assure that said warning device can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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A warning device for attachment to a load on a moving vehicle, consisting of:
- (a) a frame having a front side, a back side and a central open portion;
- (b) a mesh structure integrally molded to said frame and located within said central open portion, the mesh structure having a plurality of apertures for allowing wind to blow through the plurality of apertures so that said frame does not blow upwardly but is instead caused to remain substantially in a vertical position, said mesh structure having warning indicia thereon;
- (c) a hinge assembly including a base and a hingeable rod, the base attached to said back side of said frame, the hingeable rod rotatably hinged to the base such that the hingeable rod can be rotated to an angled position with regard to said back side of said frame for securing said warning device to said load while keeping said frame in a vertical position;
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- (d) means for attaching said hingeable rod to said load such that said frame is maintained in said vertical position to assure that said warning device can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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A warning device for attachment to a load on a moving vehicle, consisting of:
- (a) a frame having a front side, a back side and a central open portion;
- (b) a separate mesh structure attached to said frame and located within said central open portion, the mesh structure having a plurality of apertures for allowing wind to blow through the plurality of apertures so that said frame does not blow upwardly but is instead caused to remain substantially in a vertical position, said mesh structure having warning indicia thereon;
- (c) a hinge assembly including a base and a hingeable rod, the base attached to said back side of said frame, the hingeable rod rotatably hinged to the base such that the hingeable rod can be rotated to an angled position with regard to said back side of said frame for securing said warning device to said load while keeping said frame in a vertical position;
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- (d) means for attaching said hingeable rod to said load such that said frame is maintained in said vertical position to assure that said warning device can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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A warning device for attachment to a load on a moving vehicle, consisting of:
- (a) a frame having a front side, a back side, a central open portion, and at least one inner edge surrounding the central open portion;
- (b) a mesh structure integrally formed with said at least one inner edge of said frame and located within said central open portion, the mesh structure having a plurality of apertures for allowing wind to blow through the apertures so that said warning device does not blow upwardly but is instead caused to remain substantially in a vertical position, said mesh structure having warning indicia thereon;
- (c) a hingeable rod rotatably attached to said back side of said frame, where the hingeable rod can be rotated to an angled position with regard to said back side of said frame for securing said warning device to said load while keeping said frame in a vertical position;
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- (d) means for attaching said hingeable rod to said load such that said frame is maintained in said vertical position to assure that said warning device can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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A warning device for attachment to a load on a moving vehicle, consisting of:
- (a) a frame having a front side, a back side, a central open portion, and at least one inner edge surrounding the central open portion;
- (b) a mesh structure affixed to said at least one inner edge of said frame and located within said central open portion, the mesh structure having a plurality of apertures for allowing wind to blow through the apertures so that said warning device does not blow upwardly but is instead caused to remain substantially in a vertical position, said mesh structure having warming indicia thereon;
- (c) a hingeable rod rotatably attached to said back side of said frame, where the hingeable rod can be rotated to an angled position with regard to said back side of said frame for securing said warning device to said load while keeping said frame in a vertical position;
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- (d) means for attaching said hingeable rod to said load such that said frame is maintained in said vertical position to assure that said warning device can be easily seen by oncoming traffic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.