Automatic light warning device for automobiles and the like

• US 4,262,277 A
• Filed: 04/26/1979
• Issued: 04/14/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edgar S. Abonia
• Original Assignee: Edgar S. Abonia
• Inventors: Abonia, Edgar S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yusko, Donald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nowicki, Joseph E.
• Application Number:
  US06/033,747
• Time in Patent Office: 719 Days
• Field of Search: 340/52 D, 340/52 F, 340/63, 340/76, 340/75, 340/81 F, 307/10 AT, 315/77, 315/82, 315/83
• US Class Current: 340/471
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/52 for indicating emergencies

Abstract

A warning system built into an automotive vehicle in order to attract outside attention and help; the system including a relay that turns on simultaneously all the lights and horns of the vehicle, the relay being in a circuit which includes a switching circuit that can be either manually turned on by a motorist, or which can automatically turn on if a thief sits on the seat, by the switching circuit being located, in part, under the seat cushion.

Claims

1. An automatic light and sound warning device for automobiles and the like, the automobile including a battery which operates a horn by means of a horn signal and a plurality of light circuits including head lights, back up lights, signal lights, and the like, said warning device comprising in combination, a horn relay having one side connectable to the automobile battery and the other side connectable to the horn signal, a horn contact operated by said horn relay and connectable between the automobile battery and the horn, a light relay connected to said horn contact so as to be energized by the automobile battery upon closure of the horn contact, a respective light contact in each of the light circuits, each of said light contacts being operated by said light relay, a blinker unit and a switching circuit connected in series circuit with this series circuit connected in parallel across the horn signal, said switching circuit comprising two parallel paths, a manually operated horn switch connected in one of said parallel paths, a horn enabling switch in series with a horn trigger switch connected in the other of said parallel paths a manually operated light switch connected in series between said horn contact and said light relay, a light enabling switch in series combination with a light trigger switch, said series combination being in parallel across said manually operated light switch, means for ganging together said horn enabling switch and said light enabling switch, and means for ganging together said horn trigger switch and said light trigger switch.

2. The combination as in claim 1, wherein said ganged trigger switches are connected under the driver'"'"'s seat for automatic operation by an individual who sits on the driver'"'"'s seat.