Patent ID: 7385526
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A wireless vehicle identification assembly for determining a location of a parked vehicle in a crowded parking lot, said wireless vehicle identification assembly comprising: a portable controller for generating and sending a wireless locating signal based upon a user input, said wireless locating signal having a preprogrammed verification data stream encoded therein; a flag assembly removably mounted to a top ledge of a window of the vehicle, said flag assembly including a flag directly and pivotally connected thereto such that said flag is free to swivel along an arcuate path located exterior of the vehicle; means for selectively lowering and raising said flag between the raised and lowered positions when said flag assembly receives said wireless locating signal from said portable controller; and means for automatically illuminating a distal end of said flag after said flag is articulated to the raised position such that said illuminating means automatically deactivates when said flag is articulated to the lowered position.