Patent ID: 7549388

Claim:
A bumper position indicator system comprising in combination: a tractor trailer having a front end having a bumper attached thereto, said bumper having a first end edge corresponding to a driver's side of said tractor trailer and a second end edge corresponding to a passenger's side of said tractor trailer; a housing being attached to said bumper; a telescopic post being mounted in said housing and being extendable upwardly from said housing, a driver mechanism being mechanically coupled to said post, a control actuating said driver mechanism in a first direction to extend said post to an extended position fully extended upwardly from said housing or in a second direction to retract said post to a fully retracted position positioned in said housing; wherein said post is placed in said extended position to guide a driver of the tractor trailer; and wherein said control includes a wireless control system having a receiver electrically coupled to said driver mechanism and an actuating assembly including a transmitter to send wireless signals to said receiver.