Patent ID: 7192172

Claim:
A visual warning device for an overland vehicle comprising: a mirror housing borne by the overland vehicle, and which defines an aperture and an internal cavity; a first emitter of visibly discernible light mounted within the cavity, and which, when energized, emits visibly discernible light; a second emitter of visibly discernible light mounted within the cavity, and which, when energized emits visibly discernible light; an optical assembly mounted within the cavity and which receives the emitted visibly discernible light provided by the second emitter; and a semitransparent mirror borne by the mirror housing and which substantially occludes the aperture, and wherein the visible light emitted by the first emitter passes through the semitransparent mirror and travels laterally outwardly relative to the overland vehicle, and the visible light emitted by the second emitter and which is provided to the optical assembly passes out of the mirror housing and travels laterally outwardly and downwardly relative to the overland vehicle to project a visibly discernible and moving geometric figure onto an underlying substantially horizontal supporting surface which is adjacent to the overland vehicle.