Patents by Inventor Gerald Clinker

Gerald Clinker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4631516
    Abstract: The auxiliary alarm system can be mounted at eye level on a trunk lid or the like or can be seated on or secured to a vehicle rear window shelf for viewing by a trailing vehicle driver, pedestrians, cyclists, etc. The system includes a housing containing a display window with a visual warning display device, such as a bulb-lighted printed sheet, or an L.E.D. array mounted therein to provide a traveling message and activatable through an electrical circuit connected to the vehicle rear brake light or turn signal circuit. The housing can include a timer and battery to prolong the display, once it is activated by the rear brake light circuit and/or a sensor-discriminator to select one of a number of visual warning displays in response to multiple brake pedal or turn signal circuit activations. An audible alarm can also be connected in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Inventor: Gerald Clinker