Patent Publication Number: US-2017355305-A1

Title: Airport terminal courtesy car indicator system

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     The following background information may present examples of specific aspects of the prior art (e.g., without limitation, approaches, facts, or common wisdom) that, while expected to be helpful to further educate the reader as to additional aspects of the prior art, is not to be construed as limiting the present invention, or any embodiments thereof, to anything stated or implied therein or inferred thereupon. 
     The present invention is directed to an airport terminal courtesy car indicator system that informs bystanders in an airport the position of the courtesy car and an instruction as to what action the bystander is suggested to take in a courteous manner. 
     Presently, courtesy cars roam airport airports in a very unpleasant manner. Operators of courtesy cars either scream or honk at passers in airport terminals to move out of the way of the courtesy cars. Some airlines have even gone so far as preventing operators of the courtesy cars from using their horns to instruct bystanders of the presence of the courtesy cars. The present invention aims at providing a manner in which the operator of the courtesy car can inform a bystander the presence of the car and possibly an instruction as to requested action that is to be taken by the bystander. 
     The inventor believes that many unpleasant situations caused by courtesy car operators in airport terminals can be avoided by providing the operators of the courtesy cars with a tool that they can simply manipulate to give a courteous mechanical instruction to bystanders. 
     For the foregoing reasons, there is a need for an airport terminal courtesy car indicator system that will prevent uncomfortable situations between operators of the courtesy cars and bystanders within an airport terminal. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present invention describes an airport terminal courtesy car indicator system that will prevent uncomfortable situations between operators of the courtesy cars and bystanders within an airport terminal. 
     The present invention comprises of an airport terminal transportation vehicle, a golf cart, that is equipped with a synthesizer, an amplifier, and a speaker system that can be manually operated by an operator to give at least 4 instructions with regards to the positioning of the car that is within the terminal in relation any bystander that is within the vicinity of the courtesy car. 
     The system will have a control in which at least 4 different instructions can be manipulated by the operator to be delivered to 4 specific locations in relation to the courtesy car. The delivery of the message shall be made so that if an instruction is to be delivered to the front, right, rear, or left of the car, then the instruction will have a speaker located at a position that corresponds to the instruction that is to be delivered to a bystander. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, only the speaker that corresponds to the location in which the operator chooses to relay the instruction shall play the instruction, thereby ensuring that others near the courtesy car are not alarmed by the instruction. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide an airport courtesy car indicator system that will have the capacity to inform bystanders of the position of the courtesy car. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide an airport courtesy car indicator system that will have the capacity to inform a bystander of a request to move from the path of the courtesy car. 
     Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an airport courtesy car indicator system that will allow an operator of the courtesy car to politely inform a bystander the position of the courtesy car in a mechanical and courteous manner. 
    
    
     
       DRAWINGS 
       These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and drawings where: 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram that shows a depiction of an airport terminal courtesy car indicator system that shows 4 bystanders in the vicinity of the courtesy car, the figure also shows the positioning of the speakers of the courtesy car in relation to the courtesy car. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION 
     The present invention, referenced in  FIG. 1 , is directed to an airport terminal courtesy car indicator system  100  that comprises of an airport terminal transportation vehicle  10  that has a front  10   a , a left  10   b , a right  10   c  and a rear side  10   d , that is equipped with a synthesizer  12 , an amplifier  20 , and a speaker system that comprises a front  30 , a left  32 , a right  34 , and rear speaker  36 , the amplifier  20 , the synthesizer  12  and the speakers  30 ,  32 ,  34  and  36  are connected either by wire wirelessly and are operated through at control panel  50  in which each speaker will be controlled by at least one selector in the control panel that will trigger the synthesizer  12  to play a message (not shown in figures) that will be amplified by the amplifier  20  and played in the desired speaker. 
     The system will have a control panel  50  in which at least 4 different instructions  60  can be manipulated by the operator to be delivered to 4 specific locations in relation to the courtesy car  100 . The delivery of the message shall be made so that if an instruction is to be delivered to the front, right, rear, or left of the transportation vehicle, then the instruction will have a speaker located at a position that corresponds to the instruction that is to be delivered to a bystander. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, only the speaker  30 ,  32 ,  34  and  36  that corresponds to the location in which the operator chooses to relay the instruction shall play the instruction, thereby ensuring that others near the courtesy car  10  are not alarmed by the instruction. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the rear speaker and the instruction that corresponds to the rear speaker shall automatically be triggered by placing the courtesy car in reverse. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the instruction that will be played by the front speaker shall be PLEASE EXCUSE THE CAR. The instruction that will be played by the right speaker shall be TURNING RIGHT. The instruction that will be played by the left speaker shall be TURNING LEFT. And, the instruction that will be played by the rear speaker shall be BACKING UP. 
     An advantage of the present invention is that it provides an airport courtesy car that has the capacity to inform bystanders of the position of the courtesy car. 
     Another advantage of the present invention is that it provides an airport courtesy car that has the capacity to inform a bystander of a request to move from the path of the courtesy car. 
     Yet another advantage of the present invention is that it provides an airport courtesy car that allows an operator of the courtesy car to politely inform a bystander the position of the courtesy car in a mechanical and courteous manner. 
     While the description above contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope, but rather as an exemplification of several preferred embodiments thereof. Many other variations are possible. Accordingly, the scope should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.