Means to indicate drive condition of multi-speed transfer case for fourwheel-drive vehicles

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A SET OF FRONT AND A SET OF REAR WHEELS DRIVABLE FROM A SOURCE OF POWER, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A TRANSFER CASE FOR SELECTIVELY COUPLING THE SETS OF FRONT AND REAR WHEELS TO THE SOURCE FOR POWER, SAID TRANSFER CASE INCLUDING FIRST COUPLING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER TO THE SET OF REAR WHEELS, SECOND COUPLING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER TO THE SET OF FRONT WHEELS, FIRST MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE INTO A FIRST CONDITION FOR CONNECTING SAID FIRST COUPLING MEANS TO THE SOURCE OF POWER AND BEING SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE INTO A SECOND CONDITION FOR DISCONNECTING SAID FIRST COUPLING MEANS FROM THE SOURCE OF POWER SAID FIRST MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST MOVABLE SHIFT ROD, SECOND MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE INTO ONE CONDITION FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND COUPLING MEANS TO THE SOURCE OF POWER INDEPENDENT OF SAID FIRST COUPLING MEANS AND BEING SELECTIVELY ACTUABLE INTO ANOTHER CONDITION FOR DISCONNECTING SAID SECOND COUPLING MEANS FROM THE SOURCE OF POWER, SAID SECOND MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND MOVABLE SHIFT ROD, FIRST INDICATION MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITIONAL LOCATION OF SAID FIRST SHIFT ROD FOR ENERGIZING A LIGHT RESPONSIVELY TO ACTUATION OF SAID FIRST MEANS INTO ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND CONDITIONS, AND SECOND INDICATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITIONAL LOCATION OF SAID SECOND SHIFT ROD FOR ENERGIZING A LIGHT RESPONSIVELY TO ACTUATION OF SAID SECOND MEANS INTO ONE OF SAID ONE AND SAID ANOTHER CONDITIONS.