Vehicle signal with through casing brackets

Claim 2

A vehicle signal device comprising a casing having top, bottom, front, and end walls with a window opening in the rear side thereof, said end walls having slots opening through the top and bottom thereof, bracket means having slotted leg portions extending into said end walls slots, and fasteners extending through the end walls and slots of the bracket means for clamping the end walls on the bracket means to fixedly mount the casing in an adjusted position relative to the bracket means so that the window opening can be accurately positioned relative to a vehicle.

Claim 3

A vehicle signal device comprising a casing having slotted end walls and an open window in one side thereof, windowpane means removably mounted in said open window and having indicia thereon which is not conspicuously visible, lamp means mounted in said casing behind said windowpane means to illuminate the indicia and render it conspicuous, mounting bracket means for said casing having leg portions extending into the slotted end walls of the casing and fAsteners clamping the bracket leg portions in the slots of the end walls to lock the casing for positioning the windowpanes at a desired level and inclination to beam the indicia thereon from the vehicle in the desired direction.

Claim 4

A vehicle signal device comprising a casing having slotted end walls and an open window in one side thereof, windowpane means removably mounted in said open window and having indicia thereon which is not conspicuously visible, lamp means mounted in said casing behind said windowpane means to illuminate the indicia and render it conspicuous, mounting bracket means for said casing having leg portions extending into the slotted end walls of the casing and fAsteners clamping the bracket leg portions in the slots of the end walls to lock the casing for positioning the windowpanes at a desired level and inclination to beam the indicia thereon from the vehicle in the desired direction.

Claim 5

A vehicle signal device comprising a molded plastic casing having a front wall, top and bottom walls diverging from said front wall, slotted end walls closing the ends of the casing with the slots opening through the front wall and the top and bottom walls, a rim around the rear ends of the end walls and top and bottom walls providing an enlarged open window, windowpane means bearing a word message indicia mounted in said rim, bracket means adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having upstanding slotted legs extending into the slots of the end walls of the casing, and fasteners in the end walls of the casing having shank portions extending across the slots and through the slots of the bracket legs into threaded engagement with the casing so that when the fasteners are tightened, the end wall slots will be collapsed to tighten the end walls securely against the bracket legs, a plurality of lamp sockets in the casing mounted at spaced intervals on the front wall of the casing, lamp bulbs removably carried by said sockets, reflector means in the casing behind the lamp bulbs, a switch casing having mounting means for attachment to the dashboard of a vehicle, and a circuit including the lamp bulbs, the switch means and the electrical system of the vehicle for energizing the lamp bulbs when the switch is closed.

Claim 6

A vehicle signal device comprising a molded plastic casing having a front wall, top and bottom walls diverging from said front wall, slotted end walls closing the ends of the casing with the slots opening through the front wall and the top and bottom walls, a rim around the rear ends of the end walls and top and bottom walls providing an enlarged open window, windowpane means bearing a word message indicia mounted in said rim, bracket means adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having upstanding slotted legs extending into the slots of the end walls of the casing, and fasteners in the end walls of the casing having shank portions extending across the slots and through the slots of the bracket legs into threaded engagement with the casing so that when the fasteners are tightened, the end wall slots will be collapsed to tighten the end walls securely against the bracket legs, a plurality of lamp sockets in the casing mounted at spaced intervals on the front wall of the casing, lamp bulbs removably carried by said sockets, reflector means in the casing behind the lamp bulbs, a switch casing having mounting means for attachment to the dashboard of a vehicle, and a circuit including the lamp bulbs, the switch means and the electrical system of the vehicle for energizing the lamp bulbs when the switch is closed.

Claim 7

The device of claim 1 wherein the casing is a one-piece molded plastic unit.

Claim 8

The device of claim 1 including illuminating means in the casing and windowpane means in the window opening illuminated by said illuminating means.

Claim 9

The device of claim 5 including a reflector liner in the casing enveloping the illuminating means.

Claim 10

The device of claim 6 wherein the illuminating means are light bulbs with filaments extending lengthwise of the casing.

Claim 11

The device of claim 2 wherein the windowpane means includes an underlying translucent pane with indicia thereon and an overlying tinted pane obscuring said indicia.

Claim 12

The device of claim 8 including fasteners extending through the ends of the windowpanes and secured in the casing.

Claim 13

The device of claim 8 including a frame surrounding the open window of the casing securing said panes to the casing.

Claim 14

The device of claim 1 including a rigid strip in the casing overlying the front and end walls, lamp bulb sockets carried by the strip along the length of the front wall and nuts for said fasteners carried by the portions of the strip overlying the end walls.

Claim 15

The device of claim 2 including a metal strip secured in said casing carrying said lamp means and having side legs overlying the casing and walls with outturned flanges underlying the windowpane means and fasteners anchored to the flanges securing the windowpane means to the casing.

Claim 16

The device of claim 12 including a reflector liner in the casing clamped under said metal strip end and eveloping the lamp means.

Claim 17

The device of claim 3 wherein the switch casing mounts a switch with an illuminated push-button and is suspended from a mounting plate having side grooves receiving flanges of the casing.

Claim 18

The device of claim 14 wherein the casing has a clip therein and a flasher device is removably carried by said clip.

Claim 19

The device of claim 3 wherein the reflector means is a liner bent from a sheet into conformity with the casing.

Claim 20

The device of claim 2 wherein the leg portions of the bracket means have slots along the lengths thereof positioned close to the rear edges of the leg portions for increasing permissible tilting angles of the casing.

Claim 21

The device of claim 17 wherein the slots of the leg portions have superimposed notches along one side thereof to receive the fasteners.

Claim 22

The device of claim 1 wherein the bracket means are angle strips with feet portions extending from the bottom of the slotted leg portions having fastener receiving slots permitting horizontal adjustment of the bracket means.

Claim 23

The device of claim 1 wherein the bracket means is a one-piece U-shaped strip with a base portion for mounting on a vehicle and said slotted leg portions extend from the base portion.

Claim 24

A vehicle signal device comprising a casing having top, bottom, front, and end walls with a window opening in the rear side thereof, windowpane means mounted in said window opening with indicia thereon, illuminating means in the casing to beam the indicia message from the casing, bracket means adjacent the end walls of the casing, said bracket means having leg means for fastening to a vehicle and upstanding legs with elongated slots extending from said leg means and fasteners extending through the slots of the upstanding legs and end walls of the casing to clamp the slotted legs to the casing at a desired height from the leg means.

Claim 25

A vehicle signal device comprising a casing having top, bottom, front, and end walls with a window opening in the rear side thereof, windowpane means mounted in said window opening with indicia thereon, illuminating means in the casing to beam the indicia message from the casing, bracket means adjacent the end walls of the casing, said bracket means having leg means for fastening to a vehicle and upstanding legs with elongated slots extending from said leg means and fasteners extending through the slots of the upstanding legs and end walls of the casing to clamp the slotted legs to the casing at a desired height from the leg means.