Patent ID: 7591095

Claim:
A warning plate assembly for indicating the excess width of a tractor, in particular an agricultural tractor, the assembly comprising a holder comprising a fixing part for attachment to the vehicle and a deployable arm carrying the warning plate, the deployable arm being swivellable about a vertical swivel axis of the fixing part between a lockable deployed position, in which the deployable arm and the warning plate are disposed transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a lockable retracted position in which the deployable arm is disposed substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the length of the deployable arm ( 3 ) is adjustable, and in which a vertical fixing face for the warning plate is provided on an adjustable part ( 7 ), and in that the warning plate consists of two halves connected and foldable together, one half being attached to the fixing face; wherein the halves ( 10 , 11 ) of the plate are connected by means of an articulation arrangement that is disposed vertically when the assembly is secured to the vehicle; wherein the halves ( 10 , 11 ) of the plate are connected together by means of a hinge ( 12 ); and wherein the half ( 1 ) of the plate further from the centre line of the vehicle is attached firmly to the fixing face, while the half ( 10 ) of the plate closer to the centre line of the vehicle rests against the fixing face and is retained thereto in an easily detachable manner in the folded-out, deployed position of the warning plate ( 9 ).