Speedometer with speed warning indicator and method of providing the same

• US 3,980,041 A
• Filed: 10/22/1974
• Issued: 09/14/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Burns Evans
• Original Assignee: Robert Burns Evans
• Inventors: Evans, Robert Burns
• Primary Examiner(s): Swisher, S. Clement
• Assistant Examiner(s): Corr, Denis E.
• Application Number:
  US05/517,278
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 116/116, 116/57, 116/56, 116/129 F, 116/129 E, 116/129 K, 156/99, 156/100, 156/106, 156/107, 156/108, 73/181, 73/182, 73/488
• US Class Current: 116/62.3
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 1/08 Arrangements of scales, pointers, lamps or acoustic indicators, e.g. in automobile speedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 1/10 for indicating predetermined speeds

Abstract

An improved speed warning indicator for a speedometer comprises a transparent plate such as a transparent decal, having means such as an attached transparent plastic sheet bearing adhesive for attaching it to the transparent face cover of a speedometer casing containing a speedometer dial. The plate bears indicia, such as color and/or a plurality of spaced lines, etc. demarking the plate and the speedometer dial viewed through the plate, thereby indicating a speed warning on the dial while still permitting unobstructed viewing of all of the dial. Preferably, the plate is configured and dimensioned to overlie only a portion of the cover and dial so as to more clearly provide the speed warning. The plate can be affixed, in accordance with the present method, to the face cover of a fully assembled speedometer so as to provide very easily, simply and effectively, the improved speedometer of the invention.

Claims

1. An improved speed warning indicator for a speedometer, said warning indicator comprising:

a transparent plate of clear plastic having means for attaching said plate to the transparent front cover of a speedometer casing having a speedometer dial disposed therein and spaced behind said cover, the plate being releasable and repositionable on said cover, the attaching means comprising a releasable and reattachable adhesive layer for adhering to the front cover in a selected position;

said plate bearing indicia demarking said plate and capable of demarking at least a portion of said dial, thereby indicating a speed warning while still permitting unobstructed viewing of said speedometer dial when said plate is secured on said cover.

2. The improved indicator of claim 1 wherein said indicia comprises coloring for said plate.

3. The improved indicator of claim 1 wherein said plate is configured and dimensioned so as to overlie only a portion of said cover and speedometer dial when affixed to said cover.

4. An improved speedometer, said speedometer comprising a casing having a transparent front cover and a speedometer dial disposed within said casing, spaced behind and viewable through said cover, said speedometer also including a novel speed warning indicator comprising a transparent plate of clear plastic having means for attaching said plate over said cover, the plate being releasable and repositionable on said cover, the attaching means comprising a releasable and reattachable adhesive layer for adhering to the front cover in a selected position, said plate bearing indicia demarking said plate and at least a portion of said speedometer dial, thereby indicating a speed warning while still permitting unobstructed viewing of all of said dial.

5. The improved speedometer of claim 4 wherein said indicia comprises coloring for said plate.

6. The improved speedometer of claim 4 wherein said plate is configured and dimensioned so that it overlies only a portion of said cover and said speedometer dial.