Patent ID: 7377063
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A switching gesture display device for vehicles comprising: a main box having outer walls and an interior volume; a shaft rotatably mounted in said main box with opposite ends extending through and outside of said outer walls of said main box, said shaft being rotatable between an initial position and a rotated position; at least two primary indicia displays each mounted on said opposite ends of said shaft external of said outer walls of said main box and extending generally perpendicularly therefrom, said at least two primary indicia displays extending generally coplanar with each other and being displayed when said shaft is in said initial position; at least two secondary indicia displays each mounted on said opposite ends of said shaft external of said outer walls of said main box and extending generally perpendicularly therefrom generally adjacent said at least two primary indicia displays, said at least two secondary indicia displays extending generally coplanar with each other and being displayed when said shaft is in said rotated position; and shaft rotation means mounted within said main box and operatively connected with said shaft for controlled rotation thereof between said initial position and said rotated position whereby said shaft is rotatable to alternatively display said at least two primary indicia displays in said initial position and said at least two secondary indicia displays in said rotated position.