Speed controlled taillight system for a vehicle

Claim 1

A speed controlled taillight system for a vehicle, said system comprising; first, second and third lamp means each of a different color; said first lamp means including a lamp having a pair of filaments; vehicle wheel speed responsive control switch means; a brake operated switch; a manually operated ignition control switch; a source of electrical potential; and circuit means including: a. first circuitry comprising one of the filaments of said first lamp means, speed responsive control switch means, ignition control switch, and said source, for illuminating said first lamp means when the vehicle is at rest or the wheels thereof are rotating forwardly up to a predetermined low speed; b. second circuitry including said second lamp means, ignition switch, and said source, for illuminating said second lamp means; c. third circuitry including said third lamp means, brake operated switch and said source, for illuminating said third lamp means responsive to energization of the vehicle brake; d. said speed responsive control switch means being responsive to deceleration of the vehicle to said predetermined low speed to close the circuit through said first lamp means so that said first and third lamp means are illuminated during braking of the vehicle at and below said predetermined low speed; e. and fourth circuitry including said source, a manually operated lamp switch, and the other filament of said pair in said first lamp means, for illuminating said first lamp means independently of said others of the lamp means and independently of the others of said circuits.