Combined headlight/wiper switch
First Claim
1. In a vehicle having a lighting system, a windshield wiper system, and an electrical supply source, a combined light and windshield wiper control switch comprising of:
- a) actuating means for coupling said electrical supply source to said lighting system and to said windshield wiper control system, in a continuous sequence, b) said windshield wiper control system having at least two wiper settings, whereby said switch will conveniently activate said lighting system followed by the various windshield wiper settings.
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Abstract
A combined headlight and windshield wiper control switch for a vehicle that activates the parking lights, headlights and windshield wipers. The switch turns on the parking lights and headlights followed by the various windshield wiper settings. When turning the switch off, the switch uses different actuator movement or a locking mechanism to prevent the parking lights and headlights from being turned off when the windshield wipers are being turned off. The first embodiment uses a locking mechanism in the actuator to prevent the actuator from turning past the parking lights and headlights position. The actuator has a release button on the side that must be pressed to allow the actuator to turn to the off position. In the center of the actuator is another button that enables/disables the lighting circuit and the locking mechanism from the switch. The second embodiment has a outer actuator that turns on the windshield wipers and a inner actuator that turns on the parking lights, headlights, and windshield wipers. The inner actuator can engage the outer actuator, which allows the inner actuator to turn the outer actuator to the various windshield wiper settings. When the inner actuator is used to turn on the parking lights, headlights, and windshield wipers, the switch can be turned off in two ways. The inner actuator can be used to turn off the parking lights, headlights and windshield wipers in reverse order or the outer actuator can be used to turn off the windshield wipers and the inner actuator used to turn off the parking lights and headlights. The third embodiment consists of a single actuator. The actuator is pulled to turn on the parking lights and headlights, and is turned to turn on the various windshield wiper settings.
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13 Claims
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1. In a vehicle having a lighting system, a windshield wiper system, and an electrical supply source, a combined light and windshield wiper control switch comprising of:
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a) actuating means for coupling said electrical supply source to said lighting system and to said windshield wiper control system, in a continuous sequence, b) said windshield wiper control system having at least two wiper settings, whereby said switch will conveniently activate said lighting system followed by the various windshield wiper settings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a vehicle having a lighting system, a windshield wiper system, and an electrical supply source, a combined light and windshield wiper control switch comprising of:
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a) actuating means for coupling said electrical supply source to said lighting system and to said windshield wiper control system, in a continuous sequence, b) said windshield wiper control system having at least two wiper settings, c) isolating-position means for preventing a predetermined number of positions from being reached when said switch is being turned off, whereby when turning off said switch, the windshield wipers can be turned off while leaving the lights on. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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