Patent ID: 7736034
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. An auxiliary fender mounted turning signal light system for increasing road safety by rendering a vehicle, particularly its flashing turning signals, more visible to others, the system comprising, in combination: a vehicle having a frame with a front end and a rear end and with left and right sides coupling the ends, two wheels on each side adjacent to the front and the rear, a fender with an exterior surface and an inverted U-shaped lower edge in the frame adjacent to each wheel, each of the lower edges having an essentially common length with a generally center high point and with low end points; a conventional light secured to the front and rear adjacent to each side of the frame for flashing to indicate to others the intention of a driver of the vehicle with regard to turning; an electrical assembly including a battery with wiring and a switch supported by the frame, the switch adapted to be pivoted downwardly by an operator of the vehicle to energize the conventional lights on the front and rear adjacent to the left side of the vehicle, the switch adapted to be pivoted upwardly by an operator of the vehicle to energize the conventional lights on the front and rear adjacent to the right side of the vehicle, the conventional lights when energized adapted to flash in response to being energized; a housing with a printed circuit board secured to the exterior surface of each fender spaced a distance above each edge to accommodate different fender shapes, each housing having an inner chamber receiving a printed circuit board, each housing having a flat interior face coupled to the exterior surface of the fender and a transparent central exterior face having a planar cross sectional configuration with a thickness of between 30 percent and 40 percent of its height, each housing and printed circuit board being in an arcuate configuration extending for about 90 degrees of a circle with a high point adjacent to the high point of the edge and low points spaced above the end points of the edge, each printed circuit board having a length of between 30 percent and 60 percent of the length of the edge, each printed circuit board having a plurality of light emitting diodes extending outwardly from the printed circuit board for projecting light outwardly through the transparent central exterior face of the vehicle and out from the vehicle to increase visibility of the light by other motorists forwardly and rearwardly and laterally of the vehicle to thereby maximize safety; and supplemental electrical components including supplemental wiring coupling the printed circuit boards and their light emitting diodes to the battery, switch and conventional lights whereby when the switch is pivoted downwardly by an operator of the vehicle to energize the conventional lights on the front and rear adjacent to the left side of the vehicle, the light emitting diodes on the left side of the vehicle will also be energized and flash, and whereby when the switch is pivoted upwardly by an operator of the vehicle to energize the conventional lights on the front and rear adjacent to right side of the vehicle, the light emitting diodes on the right side of the vehicle will also be energized and flash, and whereby the light emitting diodes on both sides of the vehicle will flash with the conventional lights on the front and rear adjacent to both sides of the vehicle to function together as emergency flashing lights in response to activation of an emergency switch.