Abstract: A tailgate sign which is removably attachable onto a pre-existing tailgate and is used for display of signs thereon, or the like. Also, in one embodiment the sign may be reversible or rotated between a first display position and a second display position, etc.

Abstract: A protective shield is disclosed for housing an electronic toll collection identifier on the outside surface of a motor vehicle. It includes a flat, rectangular base portion with openings at the four corners. Screws are used to install the electronic toll collection identifier and the base portion to the motor vehicle, generally in the vicinity of the license plate. Rubber-coated arms extend outward from the base and substantially surround the electronic toll collection identifier, and thereby protect it from frontal impact.

Abstract: An emergency identification card device for quickly identify and notify next of kin when the user is involved in an accident. The emergency identification card device includes a card member having a front side and a back side and being foldable in half with the card member also having written information displayed thereon with the written information including medical information of a user and phone numbers of people to notify in case of an accident all being displayed upon the front side thereof; and also includes a card holder assembly including a transparent card holder having side walls and being adapted to securely attach to a windshield of a vehicle and also being adapted to hold the card member therein.

Abstract: An inspection and registration holder having a transparent envelope with a cylindrical bottom, a base having a cavity for receiving the cylindrical bottom and an adjustment screw for fixing the envelope in one of a plurality of predetermined positions when the envelope is rotated about the cylindrical bottom.

Abstract: A method for displaying information in a vehicle window. A first step involves providing a window display apparatus which includes a substantially planar body having a first face and a second face. The body has an integrally formed pocket with a transparent viewing window on one of the first face and the second face. A second step involves inserting a sheet having printed information into the pocket with the printed information visible through the transparent viewing window. A third step involves inserting the body into a window well of a vehicle with the transparent viewing window of the pocket against a window of the vehicle such that the printed information is visible through the window of the vehicle.

Abstract: A windshield document protecting device including a panel having a front face and a back face. The front face has an adhesive disposed thereon. The front face has a document receiving recess formed therein. The recess is dimensioned for receiving registration and inspection stickers therein whereby the registration and inspecting stickers face the front face. The panel is affixed to the windshield with the registration and inspection stickers visible by looking through the windshield from outside the vehicle.

Abstract: A temporary license device configured for removable mounting to an interior surface of a vehicle window includes an elongated generally rectangular plate formed of transparent plastic material. The plate is flexible to conform to a curvature of the vehicle window and has a memory characteristic enabling the plate to return to its original shape after being mounted. Each side of the plate has a protective sheet removably attached thereto to prevent damage to the plate prior to mounting. The plate and protective sheets have a plurality of apertures extending therethrough. A plurality of suction cups are removably connected to the plate to mount the plate to the vehicle window.

Abstract: A device for removably holding and pressing a holder or carrier, supporting a graphics or textual display, against the interior of a raisable auto window by means of a leaf spring hooked over the top edge of the window and configured to exert force against the carrier when raised.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for vehicle identification placards is provided that can be attached to the flat inner surface of a vehicle sun visor. The placard mount optionally includes a retainer body that is pivotally mounted to a base and provides a structure through which the placard is attached to the base. The pivotal mounting of the placard and placard retainer to the base allows the placard to be moved from a visible to a non-visible position simply by rotating the retaining body around the pivotal mount. To display the placard, the user simply lowers the sun visor which contains the mounting apparatus attached to a back side of the visor and then rotates the placard from its stored horizontal position downward to a vertical display position. In this position the placard is clearly visible from the exterior, such as for communicating to the authorities that the vehicle is properly parked in space, such as a handicapped space, where only authorized placard displaying vehicles should be parked.

Abstract: A display and method for holding printed material, such as advertising, are described for hanging on the back of a vehicle seat with its contents easily visible and accessible to a passenger. A transparent backboard having rear and front surfaces define transparent pockets for holding the advertising. A pair of hook and loop straps and pads secure the display to the back of the seat.

Abstract: A coupon holder and presentation article comprises a band made of a flexible sheet material, such as paper and the like, that has a first planar surface and a second planar surface. The design includes a designation on the first planar surface that will imply a fold line, score or other like specification, to divide the first planar surface into plural zones, The second planar surface will reflect similar zones as the first planar surface. The band will be printed to include information and/or photographs, drawings, illustrations, graphics, and the like, about (but not limited to) any type of product, service, special offer, discount or coupon for any type of business.

Abstract: A license plate bracket includes a pair of resilient hooks for hooking the bracket to the grille of a vehicle. The hooks, in part, replace conventional hardware such as screws and bolts which are incompatible with the thin plastic ribs found on modern vehicle front grilles. The entire bracket, including the hooks, can be formed as a one-piece plastic molding.

Abstract: A sticker display system for displaying a sticker in the rear window of a vehicle includes a display member and a pair of mounting brackets opposedly mounted in spaced relation adjacent the rear window of a vehicle. The display member is removably retained in the mounting brackets and a sticker is attached to the display member so as to be visible through the rear window of the vehicle.

Abstract: A display and method for holding printed material, such as advertising, are described for hanging on the back of a vehicle seat with its contents easily visible and accessible to a passenger. A transparent backboard having rear and front surfaces define transparent pockets for holding the advertising. A pair of hook and loop straps and pads secure the display to the back of the seat.

Abstract: A toll pass holder (10) comprising a housing (12) having an open top compartment (14) with a large open from window (16), so as to receive an electronic toll pass (18) inserted therein. A structure (20) is for temporarily retaining the housing (12) to an interior surface (22) of a windshield (24) in a motor vehicle (26). The large open front window (16) in the housing (12) faces the interior surface (22) of the windshield (24), so that the electronic toll pass (18) can operate therefrom.

Abstract: A license plate holder provided with a flat backing plate to which a transparent cover is hinged at the base thereof and which may be readily removable from the backing plate at the top thereof.

Abstract: The opposed side walls and connecting end walls of this surface-mounted holder can be configured in virtually any desired shape to define a window conforming to a resiliently flexible sheet bearing a display. Inserted into the holder through an opening in one of the end walls, the display sheet is guided by a ramp into sliding engagement with a pair of slots formed in the side walls at a distance from the opening. A shoulder formed on the end wall adjacent said opening in alignment with the slots abuts the end of the display sheet and retains the display sheet in the holder. Adhesive strips are provided for securing the holder to a surface, such as the bumper of an automobile.

Abstract: A license plate mounting bracket (10) for mounting of at least one license plate (11) thereto including an elongated frame member (12) providing a mounting surface (13) formed for supportably seating the license plate (11) thereon. The frame member (12) includes a mounting groove (16) formed in the mounting surface (13) which is dimensioned for sliding receipt of an enlarged head (17) of a releasable fastener (15). This sliding receipt enables sliding movement along the groove (16) at a plurality of positions when the fastener (15) is released relative to the mounting surface (13). Further, the groove (16) is formed to secure the head (17) of the fastener (15) in a manner enabling tightening of the fastener (15) at the plurality of positions to secure the license plate (11) to the mounting surface (13) at a desired location therealong.

Abstract: A display holder for a registration sticker, inspection sticker, certificate, license, and photograph and the like is provided, which consists of a structure for protecting the display item while allowing viewing thereof. A fastener is for securing the protecting structure to a flat surface, so that a person can view the display item therefrom.

Abstract: A reminder sign for alerting a driver to a vehicle condition, appointment, or the like. The inventive device includes a clamp securable to a vehicle lever, such as a gear shift, with a support stanchion extending from the clamp. A sign support is coupled to a distal end of the stanchion and receives any one of the plurality of signs therein. The device can be utilized to remind a driver that the vehicle lights are on to preclude unintentional draining of the battery power.

Abstract: The deployable hazard sign from a moving vehicle comprises a means for attaching the hazard sign to the rear area of a police vehicle, for example; a means of releasing the hazard sign which also allows easy recovery; a means for powering the hazard sign once released; a means for communicating to the hazard sign the proper warning information before the release thereof; a means attached to the hazard sign to indicate that an approaching vehicle has impacted the hazard sign, and further means of allowing the elevating of the warning lights before or after release. As the police vehicle approaches the breakdown or accident, the deployable hazard sign would be released from the police vehicle, appproximately 200 to 500 feet, behind the breakdown or accident. The policeman inside would determine the proper sign mode before release. The police vehicle would not have to stop to release the sign. After the situation has cleared, the police vehicle could backup to the sign to retrieve it.

Abstract: A dry-erase message board that can be vertically displayed on the interior surface of vehicle windows utilizing suction cups to initially secure the board to the vehicle window and having hook and pile pads between the board and the suction cups enabling the message board to be temporarily detached from the suction cups so that any desired message can be written, displayed, erased, or changed on the board and then reattached via the hook and pile pads to the suction cups still attached to the vehicle window. On the backside of the dry-erase board are additional hook and pile strips securing several dry-erase markers of different colors and a dry-erase board eraser.

Abstract: A motor vehicle accessory particularly useful for holding a sign or other article, includes a plate member formed at one end with a mounting section for insertion between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard. The mounting section extends obliquely to the plate member, and is joined to it by an elastic juncture section, such that when the mounting section is inserted between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard, the plate member is pressed towards the inner surface of the windshield to thereby releasably hold a sign or other article between it and the inner surface of the windshield.

Abstract: An elongated map or pad holding device has a clamp at one end for attachment at a single location to a portion of a device, and a clamp attached to the opposite end of the device so that a pad or map can be held between the jaws or plates of the clamp.

Abstract: An indicia display device for displaying indicia preferably through a transparent vitreous like surface to which it is to be attached and comprising a planar element having at least one exposed surface portion formed of a plastics material having maximal adhesive properties with respect to the vitreous like surface, the opposite surface portion of the planar element having associated therewith retaining means for the indicia to be displayed.

Abstract: An anti-theft identification deterrent fastener that includes a housing with a recessed identification label firmly secured within for securement into a cutout area in an auto, a truck, or other device part. If the housing and the label are removed therefrom or tampered with it will indicate that the part has been stolen.

Abstract: A route indicator for use in automobiles and other motor vehicles uses a route instruction card of a flexible material maintained in a coaxial position within a transparent hollow cylinder by hoop tension produced by the natural elasticity of the card. One end of the cylinder is fastenable by an interference fit to a cup-shaped cap rotatably fastened to the upright portion of a bracket fastenable to a structural member within the vehicle. The cylinder is readily removable from the cap to permit replacement of an instruction card through an open end of the transparent cylinder.

Abstract: A map holder for vehicles having a compartment with a pivotal, transparent cover, a mounting base for supporting the compartment adjustably thereon, together with a single alignment pin on the compartment and a pair of alignment holes in the mounting base, and clamp structure together with adjustable support straps for affixing the mounting base on the handlebars of a motorcycle or bicycle. A modified embodiment provides an additional L-shaped angled bracket between the clamps and the respective support straps.

Abstract: A roller-type map or shade holder is provided which is operated by an electric motor. In one embodiment, a simple drive clutch arrangement decouples the motor drive shaft from the map roller when the map is fully unwound or rewound.

Abstract: A distress sign which is adapted for placement on the upper edge of a vertically movable window of a vehicle. The sign includes a pair of elongate, substantially rigid display panels each having upper and lower marginal edges and end edges. The panels are connected together along their upper marginal edges by a substantially rigid spine panel. A hook entends downwardly from one end of the spine panel and is spaced from the end edges of the panels to provide a slot in which the upper edge of the window is received, and is configured to engage the adjacent end edges of the panels against the surface of the window when the upper edge of the window is received in the slot.