Brake-light/hazard-warning board structure

• US 5,126,926 A
• Filed: 09/27/1991
• Issued: 06/30/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chiang Chiang Wen
• Original Assignee: Chiang Chiang Wen
• Inventors: Chiang Wen, Chiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hagarman, Sue
• Application Number:
  US07/767,144
• Time in Patent Office: 277 Days
• Field of Search: 362/61, 362/80, 362/80.1, 362/83.3, 362/74, 362/78, 340/471, 340/472, 340/473, 340/475, 340/479
• US Class Current: 362/541
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/302 mounted in the vicinity, e.g. in the middle, of a rear window
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 7/00 Arrangement or adaptation of portable emergency signal devices on vehicles

Abstract

A brake-light/hazard-warning board structure includes a first bar, a second bar, a third bar each having a pivot member at distal ends thereof, and three connecting units for connecting pivot member of said first, second, and third bars and providing a pivotal relationship therebetween. A slot is formed in one of the pivot member and the connnecting unit for receiving a suction cup by which said brake-light/hazard-warning board structure is releasably mounted to a vehicle when used as a brake light. A number of light emitting diodes are provided on the first, second, and third bars and are electrically connected in series, with two terminals electrically connected with a power source.

Claims

1. A brake-light/hazard-warning board structure comprising a first bar, a second bar, a third bar each having a pivot means at distal ends thereof, and three connecting units for connecting pivot means of said first, second, and third bars and providing a pivotal relationship therebetween, a slot being formed in at least one of said pivot means and said connecting units for receiving a mounting means by which said brake-light/hazard-warning board structure is releasably mounted to a vehicle when used as a brake light, a plurality of light-emitting diodes being provided on said first, second, and third bars and being electrically connected in series, with two terminals electrically connected with a power source.

2. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting means is a suction cup.

3. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said terminals are electrically connected in parallel with wires pre-set in brake lights installed in a back end of a vehicle.

4. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each pivot means has an arch securely mounted thereto, first and second clicks are formed on both sides of each said arch, each said connecting unit comprises a first member, a second member, and a means for releasably fastening said first and second members, said first member has first substantially circular top and bottom portions and has a first semi-circular teeth-like structure recessed in each said first circular top and bottom portion in aperiphery thereof for engaging with corresponding clicks on said pivot means, said second member has second substantially circular top and bottom portions and has a second semi-circular teeth-like structure recessed in each said second circular top and bottom portion in a periphery thereof for engaging with corresponding clicks on said pivot means.

5. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a retaining means for retaining said first, second, and third bars in a folded status when used as a brake light structure.

6. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein two said suction cups are received in said slots in a bottom bar of said brake-light/hazard-warning board structure when constructed to form a hazard-warning board, thereby attaching said hazard-warning board on a trunk lid of the vehicle.

7. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a telescopic rod for assisting in supporting of a hazard-warning board constructed by said brake-light/hazard-warning board structure, said telescopic rod having a first hooked end and a second end with an engaging block.

8. The brake-light/hazard-warning board structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein said first hooked end engages with a suction cup on a trunk lid of said vehicle, and said engaging block is received in said second slot of said hazard-warning board.