Emergency equipment for motor vehicles

• US 5,421,460 A
• Filed: 08/23/1993
• Issued: 06/06/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Bosshard
• Original Assignee: Charles Bosshard
• Inventors: Bosshard, Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Foster, Jimmy G.
• Application Number:
  US08/108,575
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 7/144, 7/158, 30/123, 30/162, 30/280, 30/294, 206/223, 206/228, 206/234, 206/349, 206/570, 206/803, 206/38, 206/232, 206/573, 206/578, 206/225, 354/76
• US Class Current: 206/573
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/32 Devices for releasing in an emergency, e.g. after an accident ; Remote or automatic unbuckling devices unlocking devices for retractors B60R22/3416
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/00 Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps for radio sets, television sets, telephones or the like, mounting of cameras operative during drive, tools, or spare parts B60R11/00; for receptacles for refuse, food, beverages, cigarettes B60N

Abstract

The motor-vehicles emergency equipment described consists of a hollow multi-section rod (1) with, at one end (2), a knife blade (24) and a striker (22). The equipment is designed to be kept in an easily accessible place in the vehicle so that it can be used to free the occupants rapidly in an emergency by cutting the safety belt with the knife blade (24) and, if necessary, breaking the windows with the striker (22). Kept in the same end of a rod are a folded-up accident-reporting form, a folding accident warning triangle, wax crayons, pens and a small lamp. Kept in other parts of the rod are a roll of measuring tape, a disposable camera and a flashing light. Various special accessories are thus kept in individual sections of the hollow rod for use in an emergency, in particular in the event of car accident.

Claims

1. Emergency equipment for a motor vehicle for use in traffic accidents, characterized by:

(a) said equipment consisting of a hollow, closed, rigid, rod (1) having a number of sections (2-6) including a first, elongated, closed end section (2), a knife means (24) mounted on said first section (2) for cutting a safety belt to free an occupant therefrom and a striker means (22) mounted on said first section to smash a vehicle window for escape of the occupant from said vehicle;

(b) fastening means (23, 34, 45,

     56) for rigidly and removably fastening said sections (2-6) together end-to-end; and

(c) various accessories for emergency use being stored within said sections (2-6) of said rod (1).

2. The emergency equipment according to claim 1 characterized by a longitudinal central, axial compartment (27) and an annular longitudinal compartment (28) surrounding said central compartment (27) and formed in said first closed end section (2), a rolled-up accident-reporting form in said annular compartment (28) and a collapsible accident-warning triangle in said central compartment.

3. The emergency equipment according to claim 1 or 2 characterized by several longitudinal bores (15) formed in said first closed end section (2) outside said annular compartment (28), wax crayons or pens and a small lamp being located within said bores (15).

4. The emergency equipment according to claim 3 characterized in that said longitudinal bores (15) comprise an element of a plug for connection to the next one of said sections (3-6) or of a corresponding cover.

5. The emergency equipment according to claim 1 characterized by a clip (25) affixed to the exterior of said first end section (2), said knife means (24) being mounted on said clip (25) between said clip (25) and said first end section (2) such that said knife means (24) can be slipped under a tightened safety belt in an emergency, whereby in an emergency said belt can be severed without injury to the vehicle occupant.

6. The emergency equipment according to claim 1 characterized by a rolled measuring tape (51) being located in one of said rod sections (2-6)

7. The emergency equipment according to claim 1 characterized by a special, disposable camera (31) with a flashlight being housed in one of said sections (2-6) of said rod (1).

8. The emergency equipment according to claim 1 characterized by a flashing or blinking light (61) being located in one of said sections (2-6) of said rod (1).