Vehicle deceleration caution light apparatus

Claim 1

CAUTION LIGHT APPARATUS FOR USE IN A VEHICLE TO INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE IS DECELERATING, SAID VEHICLE HAVING A BATTERY AND AN IGNITION SWITCH CONNECTED IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND HAVING ACCELERATOR PEDAL MEANS FOR VARYING THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A CAUTION LIGHT, A TRANSISTOR HAVING A COLLECTOR, EMITTER AND BASE, ACTUATOR MEANS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE CLOSED WHEN SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL MEANS IS DEPRESSED TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN VEHICLE SPEED AND WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE OPENED WHEN SAID ACCELERATOR PEDAL MEANS IS RELEASED TO DECELERATE VEHICLE SPEED, A CONTROL SWITCH HAVING CONTACTS WHICH ARE NORMALLY CLOSED WHEN THE SWITCH IS DE-ENERGIZED WHEREBY THE CAUTION LIGHT IS IN ON CONDITION, A CAUTION LIGHT CIRCUIT HAVING THE CONTROL SWITCH CONTACTS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH THE CAUTION LIGHT, AND A CONTROL SWITCH CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID TRANSISTOR AND A CONTROL SWITCH OPERATING MEANS AND WITH SAID ACTUATOR MEANS IN CIRCUIT WITH THE BASE SO THAT WHEN THE ACTUATOR MEANS IS CLOSED THE TRANSISTOR IS ENERGIZED TO ENERGIZE THE CONTROL SWITCH OPERATING MEANS TO OPEN THE SWITCH CONTACTS AND EXTINGUISH THE CAUSTION LIGHT, AND WHEN THE ACTUATOR MEANS IS OPENED THE TRANSISTOR IS DE-ENERGIZED TO DEENERGIZE THE CONTROL SWITCH OPERATING MEANS TO CLOSE THE SWITCH CONTACTS AND TURN ON THE CAUTION LIGHT, SAID CAUTION LIGHT CIRCUIT AND SAID CONTROL SWITCH CIRCUIT BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH THE BATTERY AND IGNITION SWITCH.