Warning device for use with vehicles

A warning device comprising:

• an assembly of three elongated components having light reflecting means thereon, means for securing end portions of said components together for selective positioning thereof in either an operative condition in which said reflecting means form a triangular shape or an inoperable folded condition in which components are in a registering relation to provide a compact assembly for storage, and attachment means for functioning in said operative condition of said components to releasably secure one of said components to a vehicle while placing one of said reflecting means in a generally horizontal position and placing the other two reflecting means in positions extending upwardly from opposite ends of said one of said reflecting means to meet and form a triangular shape in a vertical plane for maximum visibility, wherein said attachment means include engagement means having first and second surfaces for respective engagement with upper edge and upper inside surfaces of a side window of said vehicle when securing said one of said components to said vehicle, said engagement means being arranged to be then clamped between an upper end of said window and a frame for said window when said window is moved upwardly, said attachment means including a first wall portion that in said operative condition of said components extends generally horizontally and outwardly from said one of said components and to said engagement means, and a second wall portion that in said operative condition of said components extends outwardly and upwardly to said engagement means, and said attachment means further including a third wall portion that extends in a direction transverse to said first and second wall portions and that is joined to said first and second wall portions to strengthen said first and second wall portions against bending.

A warning device, comprising:

• an assembly of three elongated components having light reflecting means thereon, means for securing end portions of said components together for selective positioning thereof in either an operative condition in which said reflecting means form a triangular shape or an inoperable folded condition in which components are in a registering relation to provide a compact assembly for storage, and attachment means for functioning in said operative condition of said components to releasably secure one of said components to a vehicle while placing one of said reflecting means in a generally horizontal position and placing the other two reflecting means in positions extending upwardly from opposite ends of said one of said reflecting means to meet and form a triangular shape in a vertical plane for maximum visibility, wherein said attachment means include engagement means having first and second surfaces for respective engagement with upper edge and upper inside surfaces of a side window of said vehicle when securing said one of said components to said vehicle, said engagement means being arranged to be then clamped between an upper end of said window and a frame for said window when said window is moved upwardly, wherein said first and second surfaces of said engagement means are operative within one range of angles of said window to the horizontal to position said one of said reflecting means in a generally horizontal position, said engagement means further including third and fourth surfaces for engagement with upper edge and upper inside surfaces of said window and operative within a second less steep range of angles of said window to the horizontal to position said one of said reflecting means in a generally horizontal position.