US4965571A — Garage parking guide

Claim 1

Independent Claim 393 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternatively after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means adapted for mounting in a position where viewable throughout garage parking of a motor vehicle and being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said signaling means being at least one visually-discernible electric light and electrical circuitry therefor providing electrical power thereto and inclusive of a normally-closed switch and switch lever thereof operatively connected to said actuating lever to open said normally-closed switch thereby for deactivating electrification of said visually-diiscernible electric light to an unlighted state whenever said motor vehicle reaches or has reached or has been moved beyond said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, whereby a turning-off of the electric light is indicative to the driver of the motor vehicle that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated, and a spring means connected between said support structure and at-least one of said switch lever and said actuating lever such that said switch lever is biased to a normally closed position whenever said actuating lever has not been physically moved to or past said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, and lever adjustment means for intermittently adjusting the position or angle or orientation of the actuating lever forwardly or rearwardly relative to and substantially along an imaginary line of advancement of a motor vehicle potentially intended to contact and move or actuate said actuating lever.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 393 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternatively after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means adapted for mounting in a position where viewable throughout garage parking of a motor vehicle and being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said signaling means being at least one visually-discernible electric light and electrical circuitry therefor providing electrical power thereto and inclusive of a normally-closed switch and switch lever thereof operatively connected to said actuating lever to open said normally-closed switch thereby for deactivating electrification of said visually-diiscernible electric light to an unlighted state whenever said motor vehicle reaches or has reached or has been moved beyond said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, whereby a turning-off of the electric light is indicative to the driver of the motor vehicle that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated, and a spring means connected between said support structure and at-least one of said switch lever and said actuating lever such that said switch lever is biased to a normally closed position whenever said actuating lever has not been physically moved to or past said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, and lever adjustment means for intermittently adjusting the position or angle or orientation of the actuating lever forwardly or rearwardly relative to and substantially along an imaginary line of advancement of a motor vehicle potentially intended to contact and move or actuate said actuating lever.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 97 words

In the motor vehicle driver-indicator guide-device of claim 1 the improvement further including said actuating lever comprising a plurality of consecutively serially interconnected elongated members inclusive of at-least first and second elongated members each respectively having opposite proximal and distal ends, said first elongated member's proximal end being pivotally mounted on said support structure, said second elongated member being adjustably mounted on said first elongated member such that said second elongated member may be intermittently shifted alternately to and from a non-extended state to an extended state relative to the first elongated member and the support structure.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 359 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternately after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said actuating lever comprising a plurality of consecutively serially interconnected elongated members inclusive of at-least first and second elongated members each respectively having opposite proximal and distal ends, said first elongated member's proximal end being pivotally mounted on said support structure, said second elongated member being adjustably mounted on said first elongated member such that said second elongated member may be intermittently shifted alternately to and from a non-extended state to an extended state relative to the first elongated member and the support structure, each of said first and second elongated members each having a longitudinal axis, said second elongated member's proximal end being pivotally hinge-mounted on said first elongated member's distal end, such that said second elongated member is intermittently foldable alternately upwardly toward and in juxtaposition to said first elongated member, and downwardly to an extended position at which the longitudinal axis of each of the first and second elongated members are in substantial coaxial alignment with each other, whereby the driver of the motor vehicle is aware that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 359 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternately after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said actuating lever comprising a plurality of consecutively serially interconnected elongated members inclusive of at-least first and second elongated members each respectively having opposite proximal and distal ends, said first elongated member's proximal end being pivotally mounted on said support structure, said second elongated member being adjustably mounted on said first elongated member such that said second elongated member may be intermittently shifted alternately to and from a non-extended state to an extended state relative to the first elongated member and the support structure, each of said first and second elongated members each having a longitudinal axis, said second elongated member's proximal end being pivotally hinge-mounted on said first elongated member's distal end, such that said second elongated member is intermittently foldable alternately upwardly toward and in juxtaposition to said first elongated member, and downwardly to an extended position at which the longitudinal axis of each of the first and second elongated members are in substantial coaxial alignment with each other, whereby the driver of the motor vehicle is aware that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 53 words

In the motor vehicle driver-indicator guide-device of claim 2, the improvement further including said second elongated member being telescopically mounted on said first elongated member such that said second elongated member is intermittently alternately extendable between an extend position and state and a retracted position and state relative to said first elongated member.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 359 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternatively after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means adapted for mounting in a position where viewable throughout garage parking of a motor vehicle and being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said signaling means being at least one visually-discernible electric light and electrical circuitry therefor providing electrical power thereto and inclusive of a normally-closed switch and switch lever thereof operatively connected to said actuating lever to open said normally-closed switch thereby for deactivating electrification of said visually-diiscernible electric light to an unlighted state whenever said motor vehicle reaches or has reached or has been moved beyond said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, whereby a turning-off of the electric light is indicative to the driver of the motor vehicle that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated, said actuation lever comprising a plurality of consecutively serially interconnected elongated members inclusive of at-least first and second elongated members, and reflector means mounted on at-least said first elongated member, positioned for being viewable to a driver of a motor vehicle advancing toward the actuating lever, such that said reflector may serve as a steering guide for advancing movement of an advancing motor vehicle.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 359 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternatively after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means adapted for mounting in a position where viewable throughout garage parking of a motor vehicle and being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said signaling means being at least one visually-discernible electric light and electrical circuitry therefor providing electrical power thereto and inclusive of a normally-closed switch and switch lever thereof operatively connected to said actuating lever to open said normally-closed switch thereby for deactivating electrification of said visually-diiscernible electric light to an unlighted state whenever said motor vehicle reaches or has reached or has been moved beyond said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, whereby a turning-off of the electric light is indicative to the driver of the motor vehicle that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated, said actuation lever comprising a plurality of consecutively serially interconnected elongated members inclusive of at-least first and second elongated members, and reflector means mounted on at-least said first elongated member, positioned for being viewable to a driver of a motor vehicle advancing toward the actuating lever, such that said reflector may serve as a steering guide for advancing movement of an advancing motor vehicle.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 19 words

In the motor vehicle driver-indicator guide-device of claim 5, the improvement including said reflector means comprising adhesive-backed reflector tape.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 324 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternatively after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means adapted for mounting in a position where viewable throughout garage parking of a motor vehicle and being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said signaling means being at least one visually-discernible electric light and electrical circuitry therefor providing electrical power thereto and inclusive of a normally-closed switch and switch lever thereof operatively connected to said actuating lever to open said normally-closed switch thereby for deactivating electrification of said visually-diiscernible electric light to an unlighted state whenever said motor vehicle reaches or has reached or has been moved beyond said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, whereby a turning-off of the electric light is indicative to the driver of the motor vehicle that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated, and an adhesive composition mounted on an outer surface of said support structure positioned such that said support structure is adherably mountable on a surface of an upright structure.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 324 words

In a motor vehicle garage-parking driver-indicator guide-device for visually signifying at-least prior to engagement of a motor vehicle when it is safe and alternatively after engagement of a motor vehicle whenever it has become not safe for a motor vehicle to move further toward a parking location, including support structure mounting a signaling means for displaying a signal viewable by a driver of a motor vehicle to be advanced forwardly toward the signaling means, and an actuating lever adapted to be actuated, manipulated or moved by an advancing motor vehicle, the improvement comprising said signaling means adapted for mounting in a position where viewable throughout garage parking of a motor vehicle and being in a first position or first state of being such that the signaling means is viewable to the driver as and indicative of existing authorization or approval for continued forwardly-advancing motion by the motor vehicle up to a second predetermined advanced position at which the motor vehicle eventually is actuatable of the activating lever to become moved to or beyond said second predetermined position or an inactivated state of being such that an advance-authorizing signal means no longer exists or is nonviewable, said signaling means being at least one visually-discernible electric light and electrical circuitry therefor providing electrical power thereto and inclusive of a normally-closed switch and switch lever thereof operatively connected to said actuating lever to open said normally-closed switch thereby for deactivating electrification of said visually-diiscernible electric light to an unlighted state whenever said motor vehicle reaches or has reached or has been moved beyond said second predetermined advanced position or said inactivated state, whereby a turning-off of the electric light is indicative to the driver of the motor vehicle that further advancement of the motor vehicle should be terminated, and an adhesive composition mounted on an outer surface of said support structure positioned such that said support structure is adherably mountable on a surface of an upright structure.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 32 words

In the motor vehicle driver-indicator guide-device of claim 7, in which including a tape affixed to said support structure, said tape having said adhesive composition as adhesive of an adhesive backing thereto.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1993-10-22	1994-04-23	1994-10-23	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1997-10-22	1998-04-23	1998-10-23	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2001-10-22	2002-04-23	2002-10-23	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Garage parking guide

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