Label application for indicating location of vehicle safety systems

• US 20030167668A1
• Filed: 03/11/2002
• Published: 09/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Fuks, Stephen E., Krautheim, Thomas Bernd
• Application Number:
  US10/095,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20030167668A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/593
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles

Abstract

A method of indicating to emergency personnel where it is safe on a vehicle to affix equipment or cut the vehicle and where it is not safe to affix of cut so as not to deploy the airbags after a vehicle crash where the airbags did not deploy in the accident.

Claims

1. An indicator for use in a vehicle to indicate to emergency personnel the locations on the vehicle where it is safe to affix or cut or where it is not safe to affix or cut after an accident so as not to deploy airbags of the vehicle where the vehicle airbags have not deployed comprising:

a printing medium having information visible to emergency personnel when illuminated by artificial light and is not visible during normal operation of the vehicle.

2. The indicator as described in claim 1 further comprising:

a label having a top surface and a back surface;

the printing medium affixed to the label is visible through the top of the label;

an adhesive affixed to the back of the label; and

the label attached to the vehicle by the adhesive to the interior surface of the vehicle.

3. The indicator as described in claim 2 wherein the label is transparent.

4. The indicator as described in claim 1 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the ultraviolet range.

5. The indicator as described in claim 1 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the infrared range.

6. The indicator as described in claim 1 wherein the printing medium is visible when seen through a polarizing device.

7. The indicator as described in claim 1 further comprising:

the printing medium printed directly on the interior surface of the vehicle.

8. The indicator as described in claim 7 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the ultraviolet range.

9. The indicator as described in claim 7 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the infrared range.

10. The indicator as described in claim 7 wherein the printing medium is visible when seen through a polarizing device.

17. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

printing the printing medium printed directly on the interior surface of a vehicle.

18. The method as described in claim 17 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the ultraviolet range.

19. The method as described in claim 17 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the infrared range.

20. The method as described in claim 17 wherein the printing medium is visible when seen through a polarizing device.

11. An method of indication for use in a vehicle to indicate to emergency personnel the locations on the vehicle where it is safe to affix or cut or where it is not safe to affix or cut after an accident so as not to deploy airbags of the vehicle where the vehicle airbags have not deployed comprising:

providing a printing medium having information for emergency personnel where the printing medium is not visible during normal operation of the vehicle; and

illuminating by artificial light so the printing medium becomes visible.

12. The method as described in claim 11 further comprising:

providing a label having a top surface and a back surface;

providing the printing medium visible through the top of the label;

providing an adhesive affixed to the back of the label; and

attaching the label to the vehicle by the adhesive to the interior surface of the vehicle.

13. The method as described in claim 12 wherein the label is transparent.

14. The method as described in claim 11 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the ultraviolet range.

15. The method as described in claim 11 wherein the printing medium is visible when illuminated by the artificial light in the infrared range.

16. The indicator as described in claim 11 wherein the printing medium is visible when seen through a polarizing device.