Douglas P Stephens

US Patent:

53941381, Feb 28, 1995

Filed:

Dec 20, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/169408

Inventors:

Douglas R. Stephens - Tempe AZ

International Classification:

B60Q 122

US Classification:

340463

Abstract:

A new and improved vehicle warning system for warning on-coming motorists of an important road condition such as a police checkpoint or an accident ahead of them, and the approximate distance to the road condition, by use of a visual signalling device attached inside the windshield of the signaller's vehicle, the vehicle warning system comprising an electrical circuit assembly having a plurality of front-facing different colored annunciator lamps thereon, the circuit assembly also having rear facing switch means for activating or deactivating one or more of the annunciator lamps, an enclosure for housing the circuit assembly, a clamp for removedly securely attaching the enclosure to a vehicle's inside rear-view mirror so the lamps are visible to oncoming vehicles through the windshield, and a source of electrical energy to power the lamps.