Motor vehicle control light system

• US 3,320,586 A
• Filed: 11/19/1964
• Issued: 05/16/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wagner, Tobias
• Original Assignee: Wagner, Tobias
• Inventors: Wagner, Tobias
• Application Number:
  US04/412,560
• Time in Patent Office: 908 Days
• US Class Current: 340/464
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/444 with indication of the braking strength or speed changes, e.g. by changing shape or intensity of the indication B60Q1/1407, B60Q1/442, B60Q1/447 take precedence

Claims

1. A SAFETY SIGNALING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A BODY, AN OPERATOR'"'"''"'"'S POSITION IN SAID BODY, A BRAKING SYSTEM OPERABLE BY THE OPERATOR, THROTTLE MEANS OPERABLE BY THE OPERATOR FOR CONTROLLING SPEED, AND A HORN OPERATED BY A HORN SWITCH;

SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A MAIN SIGNALING DEVICE MOUNTABLE ON SAID BODY AND VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR THEREOF, AN AUXILIARY MONITORING SIGNALING DEVICE MOUNTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AT THE OPERATOR'"'"''"'"'S POSITION;

EACH OF THE DEVICES COMPRISING A CLOSED HOUSING HAVING AN OPEN FRONT, PARTITIONS IN THE HOUSING DIVIDING THE INTERIOR THEREOF INTO THREE COMPARTMENTS, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD ROWS OF LAMPS IN THE THREE COMPARTMENTS RESPECTIVELY, THE LAMPS IN THE FIRST ROW EMITTING RED LIGHT, THE LAMPS IN THE SECOND ROW EMITTING AMBER LIGHT, THE LAMPS IN THE THIRD ROW EMITTING GREEN LIGHT;

FIRST CONTROL MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE LAMPS IN THE FIRST ROW TO BRAKING SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING THE FIRST ROW OF LAMPS TO EMIT RED LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKING SYSTEM IS ACTUATED;

SECOND CONTROL MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE LAMPS IN THE SECOND ROW TO THE THROTTLE MEANS FOR LIGHTING THE SECOND ROW OF LAMPS TO EMIT AMBER LIGHT ONLY WHEN THE THROTTLE MEANS IS ACTUATED TO DECELERATE THE VEHICLE;

AND THIRD CONTROL MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE LAMPS IN THE THIRD ROW TO THE THROTTLE MEANS FOR LIGHTING THE THIRD ROW OF LAMPS TO EMIT GREEN LIGHT ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, THE LAMPS IN THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD ROWS OF THE HOUSING IN THE MAIN SIGNALING DEVICE BEING CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH THE LAMPS IN THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD ROWS IN THE HOUSING OF THE MONITORING SIGNALING DEVICE, EACH HOUSING HAVING ANOTHER COMPARTMENT WITH ANOTHER LAMP EMITTING A RED LIGHT, SAID OTHER LAMP AND THE RED LAMPS IN THE FIRST ROW BEING CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID HORN SWITCH SO THAT THE OTHER LAMP AND RED LAMPS IN EACH HOUSING LIGHT WHEN THE HORN SWITCH IS CLOSED TO SOUND THE HORN UPON OCCURRENCE OF A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION, AND A FLASHER SWITCH IN CIRCUIT WITH THE OTHER LAMPS AND RED LAMPS IN BOTH DEVICES FOR INTERRUPTING THE LIGHTING OF THE RED LAMPS AND OTHER LAMPS REPEATEDLY WHILE THE HORN SWITCH IS CLOSED.