Patent ID: 6260506
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
A bicycle warning device capable of providing a turning or braking signal and being mounted on a bicycle frame or a bicycle handlebar such that said bicycle warning device faces a front or a rear of a bicyclist, said bicycle warning device comprising:a main body of a hollow box like housing and provided with at least one hollow receiving compartment which is provided in one side thereof with a see-through window, a fixed display plate of a frame like construction and fastened with said main body, and a plurality of first display pieces which are made of a pliable material and are of a strip like grating construction, said first display pieces being parallel to one another and fastened equidistantly with said fixed display plate such that said first display pieces face said window, and that a gap is provided between two of said adjoining first display pieces;a movable display plate located between said fixed display plate and two protrusions provided in two opposite sides of said receiving compartment such that said movable display plate is capable of moving up and down, said movable display plate provided in a rear side thereof with a pulled portion capable of being pulled by a tension element, and a plurality of second display pieces which are made of a pliable material and are arranged equidistantly such that said second display pieces are opposite in location to said first display pieces, said second display pieces having a width which is not greater than a width of said gap between two of said first display pieces so as to enable said second display pieces to be inserted one by one into said gap in a superimposing manner, said second display pieces being marked thereon with symbols of a reflective quality and having a turning indicator or a braking indicator, said symbols being different in color from said first display pieces, said second display pieces being longer than said first display pieces when said movable display plate is displaced downwards, said second display pieces having an upper end which is located at a level not higher than a level at which a top end of said first display pieces is located; anda tension element connected with a brake line of a braking device of a bicycle or mounted on a control element of said bicycle handlebar such that said tension element drives said movable display plate and said second display pieces, and that said second display pieces are displaced to be no longer concealed by said first display pieces, and that said second display pieces are displaced to be concealed again by said first display pieces.