Indicator for assisting backing of a trailer or any type of towed vehicle
First Claim
1. An indicator for assisting backing of a trailer or any type of towed vehicle which is attached to a towing vehicle which has a steering wheel comprising, a first planar member non-rotatably attached to the center of said steering wheel, a first indicia means representing the trailer is non-rotatably attached to said first planar member, a second planar member pivotally supported at a pivot point on said first planar member and provided thereon with a second indicia means representing said towing vehicle, the weight distribution of said second planar member is such that its center of gravity is below said pivot point, whereby the orientation of said first indicia means relative to said second indicia means indicates the direction of travel of the towed vehicle during backing.
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Abstract
An indicator which is attached to the steering wheel of a vehicle and which has a boat indicia and a front wheel position indicator that rotate with the steering wheel and which has a gravity weighted disk-shape member upon which a towing vehicle is indicated as well as a roadway and which remains in the vertical position as the wheel is rotated so that a position of the vehicle and the trailer can be continuously observed.
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- 1. An indicator for assisting backing of a trailer or any type of towed vehicle which is attached to a towing vehicle which has a steering wheel comprising, a first planar member non-rotatably attached to the center of said steering wheel, a first indicia means representing the trailer is non-rotatably attached to said first planar member, a second planar member pivotally supported at a pivot point on said first planar member and provided thereon with a second indicia means representing said towing vehicle, the weight distribution of said second planar member is such that its center of gravity is below said pivot point, whereby the orientation of said first indicia means relative to said second indicia means indicates the direction of travel of the towed vehicle during backing.
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