Turn signal apparatus with automatic premature prevention cancelling means

Claim 1

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ACTUATING APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A VEHICLE STEERING SHAFT HAVING ABUTMENT MEANS AFFIXED THERETO, A SWITCH, A SWITCH ACTUATOR MOVABLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SHAFT AND CONNECTED TO SAID SWITCH FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID SWITCH, MANUAL POSITIONING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SWITCH ACTUATOR, RELEASABLE DETENT MEANS RETAINING SAID ACTUATOR IN THE SELECTED POSITION, A SWITCH ACTUATOR RESET DOG MOUNTED UPON SAID SWITCH ACTUATOR AND MOVABLE INTO AN ENGAGABLE POSITION WITH THE STEERING SHAFT ABUTMENT MEANS UPON CLOSING OF SAID SWITCH, MEANS MOUNTING SAID DOG UPON SAID ACTUATOR FOR MOVEMENT THEREON WHEREBY SAID DOG WHEN ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID ABUTMENT MEANS OVERRIDES SAID ABUTMENT MEANS REGARDLESS OF THE INITIAL DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID STEERING SHAFT, SAID MEANS MOUNTING SAID DOG ON SAID ACTUATOR INCLUDING MEANS PERMITTING SAID ABUTMENT TO SHIFT SAID DOG ON SAID ACTUATOR TO A COCKED POSITION CAPABLE OF RESETTING SAID ACTUATOR ONLY UPON SAID DOG BEING ENGAGED BY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS WHILE SAID STEERING SHAFT IS ROTATED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE INDICATED TURN, ENGAGEMENT OF SAID ABUTMENT MEANS AND SAID DOG WHEN IN THE COCKED POSITION DURING ROTATION OF THE STEERING SHAFT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE INDICATED TURN SHIFTING SAID SWITCH ACTUATOR TO THE POSITION OPENING SAID SWITCH.