Interior Mounted Patents (Class 40/593)
  • Patent number: 4258492
    Abstract: A sign holder for a window of a vehicle, such as a station wagon, car or pick-up truck, in which a panel for displaying a sign is supported by one or more fixtures, each of the fixtures having a tubular member normally extending vertically at the rear of said panel and having reciprocable shafts extending out of the upper and lower ends. The shafts are provided with shoes which seat on the frame of the window, and the panel is held in spaced relation to the window to permit circulation of air and thus minimize condensation on the window and face of the sign. A spring or other resilient member is disposed between the shafts for urging the shafts upwardly and downwardly to seat the shoes on their respective window frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Inventor: Harry G. Williams
  • Patent number: 4212260
    Abstract: An apparatus for reminding a driver to turn off automobile headlights before locking the automobile door, comprises a sheath member defining an enclosure for concealing an interior automobile door lock actuating post and removably mountable thereover. A cooperating bracket member is mounted to the sheath member and movable relative thereto for engaging an automobile window slot adjacent to the door lock actuating post. Cooperatively, the bracket acts to maintain the sheath member in position so as to conceal the door lock actuating post. Consequently, the apparatus must be physically removed from the door locking post by the driver in order to actuate the post to its locking position, thereby reminding the driver to turn off the automobile headlights before locking the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Inventor: Robert Splan
  • Patent number: 4184276
    Abstract: A U-shaped holder made of a light flexible material having grooves in the inside walls and bottom thereof forming a slot to receive an automobile registration card or plate. Affixed to one face of the holder is a layer of flexible material coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive to facilitate securing the holder to the windshield of an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Inventor: Albert Hernandez
  • Patent number: 4182059
    Abstract: A rotary index device which is particularly adapted to be mounted on the dashboard of a motor vehicle. The device includes a cylindrical inner member which is rotatingly mounted within an outer cylindrical casing. The inner member has one of a plurality of different information-bearing code sheets secured to the peripheral surface thereof, and the outer casing has a through aperture extending longitudinally along the entire length thereof through which at least one line of the information may be viewed. A magnifying lens is selectively positionable over the through aperture for magnifying the information and facilitating viewing thereof by, for example, the driver of the vehicle. The outer casing may be angularly adjustable with respect to the viewer by a pivotal connection to a mounting bracket which preferably includes an adhesive on the undersurface for securing same to the dashboard of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Inventor: Frank D. Greene
  • Patent number: 4129857
    Abstract: A portable emergency signaling device includes a relatively lightweight hollow housing having an opening therein, a translucent message board slidably mounted on the housing across the opening thereof, a clock dial mounted on the housing for use in association with the message board, a first light source mounted within the housing and disposed behind the message board for effecting illumination thereof, and at least one second light source mounted on the housing and serially connected to a flasher for signaling a blinking distress signal. The first light source and the second light source and flasher are connected in parallel and are coupled to an electrical power source and a switch is provided for activating and deactivating the device. The device is specifically intended as an automobile emergency aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Inventor: Albert Espinosa