Automobile parking guide

Abstract

Abstract A GUIDE DEVICE FOR PARKING AN AUTOMOBILE OR THE LIKE TO DISPOSE ITS FRONT OR REAR BUMPER AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE INNER END WALL OF A GARAGE OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A SIGN IN THE FORM OF A HEX-SHAPED MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE WALL IN SPACED RELATION THEREFROM AND ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE VEHICLE OPERATOR''S LINE OF SIGHT AND HAVING A WINDOW OPENING FORMED IN ITS MIDPORTION IN WHICH A SLAT IS MOUNTED FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS AT ITS MIDPORTION, WITH THE SLAT BEING BALANCED SUCH THAT UNDER THE ACTION OF GRAVITY, IT IS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY EDGEWISE TO THE PLANE OF THE SIGN. THE SLAT BEARS THE WORD "STOP" ON ITS NORMALLY DOWNWARDLY FACING SURFACE, AND ITS OTHER SURFACE IS ENGAGED BY AN ARCED ARM OF A FEELER MEMBER PENDANTLY MOUNTED AT THE REAR OF THE SIGN THAT INCLUDES A SHANK ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE VEHICLE BUMPER SUCH THAT AS THE BUMPER IS ADVANCED TOWARD THE WALL AFTER ENGAGING THE FEELER MEMBER, THE SLAT IS TILTED INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE PLANE OF THE SIGN TO INDICATE THAT THE DESIRED SPACING OF THE BUMPER FROM THE WALL HAS BEEN REACHED.

Inventors

• 👤 Chuwan Kang

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