Daytime driving safety light system for automotive vehicles

• US 3,341,736 A
• Filed: 05/07/1965
• Issued: 09/12/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Roger D. Fortney
• Original Assignee: Roger D. Fortney
• Inventors: Fortney, Roger D.
• Application Number:
  US04/454,067
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• US Class Current: 315/82
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2603 Attenuation of the light according to ambient luminiosity, e.g. for braking or direction indicating lamps
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/30 Daytime running lights [DRL], e.g. circuits or arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/001 Alarm devices when the motor is stopped and the lights are on

Claims

1. A SAFETY LIGHT SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING:

(A) AN IGNITION SWITCH, (B) A PAIR OF HIGH-BEAM HEADLIGHTS, (C) A PAIR OF LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS, (D) A FIRST MANUALLY OPERABLE DOUBLE-THROW HEADLIGHT SWITCH HAVING FIRST AND SECOND CONTACT TERMINALS, (E) A BATTERY FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO SAID HEADLIGHTS, (F) A BEAM SELECTOR SWITCH FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATING ONLY THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS OR FOR OPERATING THE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND THE HIGH-BEAM HEADLIGHTS TOGETHER, (G) A SECOND MANUALLY OPERABLE LIGHT SWITCH CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID IGNITION SWITCH AND IN PARALLEL WITH THE SECOND CONTACT TERMINAL OF SAID FIRST HEADLIGHT SWITCH, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID FIRST HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS CLOSED AGAINST ITS SAID SECOND CONTACT TERMINAL AND SAID SECOND LIGHT SWITCH IS CLOSED THE OPERA-