Abstract The invention provides visual guide means for use on vehicles, namely, sighting members in the line of view between the driver and painted lane stripes by which a driver can with assurance maintain the vehicle properly within a lane. Such sighting members are similar to open top target sights but of much larger dimension and provided with attachment means to be secured to forwardly extending portions of a vehicle, such as hood or fenders, or to the windshield, depending on type of vehicle. The sighting members are fixed in position so that a driver can sight across them from his normal driving position to view lane stripes at a point ahead of the vehicle so that at normal road speeds he has sufficient time to control steering to maintain the vehicle safely between stripes, or between a stripe and the edge of a road.
Inventors
👤 F Scarritt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-30 05:48
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62D; B62D15/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A steering guide sighting member having an edge past which a vehicle driver can sight to view a lane edge at one side of a vehicle at a point ahead of said vehicle for lateral guidance of said vehicle; attachment means for attaching said sighting member to the windshield of said vehicle at a selected location thereon in a line of sight between the driver and the edge of a lane whereby said driver can view said lane edge at a predetermined point ahead of said vehicle; said sighting member comprising a substantially flat element and the said edge thereof having a Vnotch through which a lane edge may be viewed, and said flat element having an adhesive coating as attachment means to attach it to said windshield; said element having its lower edge slanted to be positioned substantially parallel to the lower edge of the frame of a windshield for angular orientation of said sighting member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A steering guide sighting member having an edge past which a vehicle driver can sight to view a lane edge at one side of a vehicle at a point ahead of said vehicle for lateral guidance of said vehicle; attachment means for attaching said sighting member to the windshield of said vehicle at a selected location thereon in a line of sight between the driver and the edge of a lane whereby said driver can view said lane edge at a predetermined point ahead of said vehicle; said sighting member comprising a substantially flat element and the said edge thereof having a Vnotch through which a lane edge may be viewed, and said flat element having an adhesive coating as attachment means to attach it to said windshield; said element having its lower edge slanted to be positioned substantially parallel to the lower edge of the frame of a windshield for angular orientation of said sighting member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A steering guide means as set forth in claim 1, including an additional sighting member having an oppositely sloped slanted edge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A steering guide as set forth in claim 1, said V-notch being generally at the upper edge of said flat member.