US 5,751,212 AGranted

Signaling device

OwnerCraig Alan Findleyinventor

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Abstract

A signaling device provides a means for signaling an operator of a vehicle that the lights of that vehicle are distracting and annoying to an operator of another vehicle. The signaling device includes at least one display member having a message, such as "DIM LIGHTS", positioned thereon for conveying the message to the operator of the vehicle. The message may be constructed from a reflective or fluorescent material for enabling the lights of another vehicle to illuminate the message. The signaling device may be stored within the vehicle by attaching the signaling device to a sun visor of the vehicle with a clip. The signaling device may include a plurality of display members for conveying the message and at least one attachment member for attaching together the display members. The signaling device further includes a handle for enabling a person to manipulate the sign. The attachment members and the handle may be constructed of a flexible material for enabling the signaling device to be folded during storage. A fastener may be attached to the display members for securing together the components of the signaling device during storage of the signaling device.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A signaling device for use within a first vehicle for signaling a person positioned in a second, following vehicle having lights, comprising:

a first display member having a portion of a message positioned thereon, said message including letters positioned in an upright position when said first display member is held in a horizontal position;
a second display member positioned separated from said first display member and having a portion of said message positioned thereon, said message including letters positioned in an upright position when said second display member is held in a horizontal position;
said message conveying an expression to the person positioned within said second, following vehicle to adjust the brightness of said lights of said second automobile;
a first attachment member, being separate from said first and second display members, connected to said first display member and connected to said second display member;
a second attachment member, being separate from said first and second display members, positioned in spaced apart relation to said first attachment member and connected to said first display member and connected to said second display member, said first and second attachment members attaching together said first and second display members and foldable for enabling said first and second display members to fold toward each other for storage of said signaling device;
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a handle attached to said first display member and to said second display member, said handle foldable for enabling said first and second display members to fold toward one another for storage of said signaling device.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/516,605Filed 18 Aug 1995
Granted: 12 May 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B60Q 1/488
For parking purposes: for indicating intention to park
B60Q 1/503
For indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking: using luminous text or symbol displays in or on the…
B60Q 1/547
For indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking: for issuing requests to other traffic participants; for…
B60Q
Arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or