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Apparatus for indicating motor vehicle impact

  • US 5,847,643 A
  • Filed: 04/15/1997
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for indicating motor vehicle impact in combination with a motor vehicle comprising:

  • first and second elastically deformable, electrically conducting members positioned in close proximity and substantially parallel to each other when applied to the body of a motor vehicle;

    an electrical power source in electrical communication with said first member;

    an alarm in electrical communication with said electrical power source and said second member; and

    said first member being movable from a first position in close proximity to said second member and leaving an open circuit between said power source and said alarm to a second position contacting said second member and placing said power source and said alarm in electrical communication thus causing said alarm to produce a discernible signal, said contacting position occurring when an external force is applied to either of said first or said second members, the elasticity of said first and second members causing said first member to return to said first position in close proximity to said second member when the external force is removed therefrom.

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