Bicycle distance safety device

Claim 1

A bicycle distance safety device which indicates not only the presence of a bicycle but also the minimum distance that should be maintained by others in passing the bicycle, the safety device includes a Z-shaped support member that mounts at one end of the frame of a bicycle immediately below the bicycle seat on an seat-elevation-adjustment-bolt, and the support member extends parallel to the horizontal front bar of the bicycle frame and forms a right angle at it's end, a portion of said member is to be L-shaped, a horizontal indicating member is pivotally attached to said parallel support member at said L-shaped angle portion and extends in a lateral outwardly horizontal portion from the side of the bicycle frame a predetermined distance beyond the lateral extension of handlebar of said bicycle, means maintaining said indicating member in said lateral extended position, thus assuring a motorist that by miss hitting said horizontal indicating member the motorist will positively miss hitting the bicyclist, said horizontal indicating member comprises two long-angle arrow-shaped means and reflector material that extends the full length of said horizontal indicating member, whereby manual movement of said indicating member will create an illusion of a moving arrow for better attention getting to prevent an accident, the parallel support member of said safety device also includes the reflector material on both sides and in front to provide three-way protection, the horizontal indicating member and the parallel support member are connected together to form the pivotally movable bicycle distance safety device whereby the safety device provides selective four-way indicating protection for the bicyclist.