Vehicle signal device

Claim 1

A SIGNAL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPRISING SIGNAL MEANS, STAFF MEANS HAVING AN UPPER AND A LOWER END, SAID SIGNAL MEANS BEING SECURED TO SAID UPPER END OF SAID STAFF MEANS, AND CLAMPING MEANS SECURED TO SAID LOWER END OF SAID STAFF MEANS AND ADAPTED TO REMOVABLY ENGAGE A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE SO THAT SAID SIGNAL MEANS EXTENDS ABOVE THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SAID DEVICE IS IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION, THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE INCLUDING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING RAIN GUTTER ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, AND SAID CLAMPING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE EITHER OF SAID RAIN GUTTERS, PIVOT MEANS BEING PROVIDED FOLDABLY SECURING SAID LOWER END OF SAID STAFF MEANS TO SAID CLAMPING MEANS SO THAT SAID STAFF MEANS MAY BE MOVED BETWEEN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING OPERATIVE POSITION AND A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING INOPERATIVE POSITION, AND STOP MEANS BEING PROVIDED TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENT OF SAID STAFF MEANS ABOUT SAID PIVOT MEANS TO ONE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID VERTICALLY EXTENDING OPERATIVE POSITION.