Vehicle turn signal and/or hazard light display

• US 5,606,337 A
• Filed: 08/02/1994
• Issued: 02/25/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mancelle R. Lloyd
• Original Assignee: Mancelle R. Lloyd
• Inventors: Lloyd, Mancelle R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Powell, Mark R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luu, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US08/284,233
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• Field of Search: 345/7, 345/8, 345/9, 359/13, 359/630, 359/631, 359/632, 359/633, 362/80.1, 313/580, 313/578, 313/113, 313/115, 340/461, 340/980, 340/475, 340/432
• US Class Current: 345/7
• 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

Abstract

A vehicle turn signal and/or hazard light display is created by utilizing a pair of lamps mounted upon in or on the dash top cowl of a vehicle. The bulbs of each lamp include a filament having a V-shaped portion which, upon electrical energization of the filament, becomes incandescent and a like V-shaped light display is projected from the lamps toward and impinges upon the vehicle windshield and is thereat visible to the driver. The V-shaped portions of the lamp filaments are oriented to point "left" and "right," and thus when appropriately connected to the turn signal circuit, will display "left" and "right" signals upon the windshield, or both "left" and "right" signals simultaneously which is the universal "hazard" signal. Since vehicle windshields are multi-ply, the leftward and rightward pointing "V-shaped" displays are visible in pairs.

Claims

1. A vehicle light display comprising a pair of lamps, each lamp having a filament, each filament having a portion which is rendered incandescet upon being energized by an electric current, each filament portion being of a predetermined configurtion, means for mounting said pair of lamps adjacent a vehicle windshield whereby the light of each incandescent filament portion is projected toward and is replicated as a light display thereupon upon electric current energization of each filament, each filament portion being of a generally V-shaped configuration which creates a generally V-shaped light display, and said mounting means are constructed and arranged for mounting said lamps with said V-shaped filament portions and the light displays thereof being substantially oppositely directed.

2. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 1 wherein said V-shaped filament portions and the light displays thereof are substantially oppositely horizontally directed.

3. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 1 including a vehicle windshield adjacent said pair of lamps upon which is projected the light display of said incandescent filament portions.

4. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 1 including a laminated vehicle windshield adjacent said pair of lamps upon which is projected the light display of said incandescent filament portions whereby the projected light of each incandescent filament portion appears upon said laminated vehicle windshield as at least a pair of like configured light displays.

5. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 2 including a vehicle windshield adjacent said pair of lamps upon which is projected the light display of said incandescent filament portions.

6. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 2 including a vehicle windshield adjacent said pair of lamps upon which is projected the substantially oppositely horizontally directed light displays.

7. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 2 including a laminated vehicle windshield adjacent said pair of lamps upon which is projected the substantially oppositely horizontally directed V-shaped light displays whereby the projected light of said V-shaped incandescent filament portions appear upon said laminated vehicle windshield as at least a pair of like configured substantially oppositely horizontally directed V-shaped light displays.

8. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 4 including means for selectively electrically energizing said lamps to effect one of simultaneous and alternative electrical energization thereof thereby adapting the same to indicate respective hazard and directional turning light displays.

9. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 4 wherein said mounting means removably mount said lamps relative to a vehicle dashboard.

10. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 4 wherein said mounting means removably mount said lamps upon a vehicle dashboard.

11. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 4 wherein said mounting means removably mount said lamps within a vehicle dashboard.

12. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 8 wherein said mounting means removably mount said lamps relative to a vehicle dashboard.

13. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 8 wherein said mounting means removably mount said lamps upon a vehicle dashboard.

14. The vehicle light display as defined in claim 8 wherein said mounting means removably mount said lamps within a vehicle dashboard.

15. A vehicle light display comprising a laminated vehicle windshield and an adjacent Vehicle dashboard, a pair of lamps, each lamp having a filament, each filament having a portion which is rendered incandescent upon being energized by an electric current, each filament portion being of a predetermined configuration, means for mounting said pair of lamps adjacent said laminated vehicle windshield whereby the light of each incandescent filament portion is projected toward and is replicated as a light display thereupon upon electric current energization of each filament, each filament portion being of a generally V-shaped configuration which creates a generally V-shaped light display, and said mounting means being constructed and arranged for mounting said lamps with said V-shaped filament portions and the light displays thereof being substantially oppositely horizontally directed and appearing upon said laminated vehicle windshield as at least a pair of like configured substantially oppositely horizontally directed V-shaped light displays.