U-turn signal attachment

• US 5,003,289 A
• Filed: 07/06/1990
• Issued: 03/26/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leonard E. Roman
• Original Assignee: Leonard E. Roman
• Inventors: Roman, Leonard E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Orsino, Joseph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TUMM, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US07/549,585
• Time in Patent Office: 263 Days
• Field of Search: 340/475, 340/472, 340/468, 340/465, 340/479, 362/80.1, 362/61, 362/80, 40/556, 40/573, 40/574, 40/591, 40/593
• US Class Current: 340/475
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/26 the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/503 using luminous text or symbol displays in or on the vehicle, e.g. static text

Abstract

An auxiliary U-turn signal indicating light attachment having a generally U-shaped housing designed to be mounted on the lower left corner of the rear window of a vehicle, wherein an indicating light compartment encloses a U-turn signal indicating lamp. A manually operated switching apparatus for energizing the U-turn signal lamp is adapted for mounting on and interconnection with a conventional turn signal lever. A mounting bracket is pivotally secured to a rod slidably received within an apertured mounting tab within the housing, wherein a set screw associated with the mounting tab is utilized to secure the rod in a selected adjusted position. By virtue of this arrangement, the elevation and inclination of the housing on the intended mounting surface can be varied to enable usage with a wide variety of differently configured vehicles.

Claims

1. An auxiliary U-turn signal attachment, comprising:

a U-shaped box-like housing;

an indicator light compartment;

a light transmitting lens forming a wall of said compartment;

a U-shaped arrow as indicator indicia on said lens and illuminated by an indicator light bulb;

adjustable mounting means for mounting said housing adjacent a rear window of a vehicle and for adjusting the height and inclination of said housing with respect to an intended mounting surface;

said adjustable mounting means including;

(a) a bracket having a plurality of apertures for reception of threaded fasteners;

(b) an elongated rod, pivotally mounted to said bracket and extending through a back portion of a mounting tab;

(c) said mounting tab secured to another wall of said housing, and said mounting tab having a cylindrical bore slidably receiving said rod; and

(d) a set screw in said mounting tab for clamping said rod in an adjusted height position.