Patent ID: 6195001
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
An auxiliary signal to indicate a U-turn for alerting a vehicle traveling behind one's own vehicle that a U-turn will be performed comprising, in combination:a housing securable to an interior of a motor vehicle at a left corner of a rear window thereof, the housing having a generally circular configuration defined by a closed forward face, an open rearward face and a cylindrical side wall therebetween, the open rearward face having a plate disposed therein, the plate having an inverted translucent U in a central portion thereof, one of two opposed free ends of the U having an arrow directed downwardly therefrom;a light secured within the housing intermediate the open rearward face and the closed forward face thereof, the light being in communication with a battery of the motor vehicle;a receiver disposed within the housing, the receiver being in communication with the light;a timer disposed within the housing, the timer being in communication with the light;a flasher circuit disposed within the housing, the flasher circuit being in communication with the light;a transmitter securable within the interior of the motor vehicle adjacent to a drivers seat thereof, the transmitter being in communication with the receiver.