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Vehicle warning system
| Details |
Inventors: Stephens, Douglas R.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Swarthout; Brent
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
A new and improved vehicle warning system for warning on-coming motorists of an important road condition such as a police checkpoint or an accident ahead of them, and the approximate distance to the road condition, by use of a visual signalling device attached inside the windshield of the signaller's vehicle, the vehicle warning system comprising an electrical circuit assembly having a plurality of front-facing different colored annunciator lamps thereon, the circuit assembly also having rear facing switch means for activating or deactivating one or more of the annunciator lamps, an enclosure for housing the circuit assembly, a clamp for removedly securely attaching the enclosure to a vehicle's inside rear-view mirror so the lamps are visible to oncoming vehicles through the windshield, and a source of electrical energy to power the lamps. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of vehicle warning system now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved vehicle warning system construction wherein the same can be utilized for warning on-coming motorists of an important road condition such as a police checkpoint or an accident ahead of them, and the approximate distance to the road condition, by use of a visual signalling device attached inside the windshield of the signaller's vehicle.
As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved vehicle warning system apparatus and method which has all the advantages of the prior art vehicle warning system and none of the disadvantages.
The invention is defined by the appended claims with the specific embodiment shown in the attached drawings.
For the purpose of summarizing the invention, the invention may be incorporated into a new and improved vehicle warning system for warning on-coming motorists of an important road condition such as a police checkpoint or an accident ahead of them, and the approximate distance to the road condition, by use of a visual signalling device attached inside the windshield of the signaller's vehicle.
The vehicle warning system comprises an electrical circuit assembly having a plurality of front-facing different colored daylight-visible annunciator lamps thereon.
The circuit assembly also has timer means for controlling the sequence and duration of the periods of lamp illumination.
The circuit assembly additionally has rear facing switch means for actuating or disabling the timer means.
An enclosure means for housing the circuit assembly is included.
The enclosure means comprises a hollow cabinet having a top, sides, and a bottom, The cabinet has an angled open front approximately coplanar with a motor vehicle windshield whereby a hood is formed to shield annunciator lamp glare from a driver's eyes when the cabinet is mounted in a level position facing the inside of the windshield
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