Signals and indicators – Vehicle – Curb feelers
Patent
1998-01-05
2000-05-16
Hirshfeld, Andrew H.
Signals and indicators
Vehicle
Curb feelers
33264, 280477, B60D 140
Patent
active
060621605
ABSTRACT:
A guide member mountable on the rear portion of a carrier or boat trailer, which would include a mounting bracket for mounting onto a rear, for example, bumper of the trailer, a post portion hingedly engaged to the mounting bracket, the post portion having on its upper end a reflective surface in the shape of a circle or the like, and on its lower end, a counter weight. There is further provided a spring member engaged between the mounting bracket and the post, so that the guide would normally be in the vertical position with the reflective surface extending a distance above the trailer visible by the driver of the vehicle, but when a boat or other material is loaded onto the trailer, the guide would move into the horizontal position against the bias of the spring and the counter weight, held in the horizontal position by the material or both placed thereupon. When the boat or material is retrieved from the trailer and the trailer is empty, the guide would automatically spring to the vertical position for viewing by the driver of the vehicle.
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