A signal device for attachment to a vehicle having a housing with a plurality of signal members carried therein. The signal members are pivotally connected within an interior compartment of the housing and may be individually pivoted out of the compartment through an opening provided in the housing.
A signal device for attachment to a vehicle having a housing with a plurality of signal members carried therein. The signal members are pivotally connected within an interior compartment of the housing and may be individually pivoted out of the compartment through an opening provided in the housing. An attachment device is connected to the housing and provides that the housing may be attached to a vehicle window in such a manner that the housing projects generally perpendicularly outwardly with the respect to the vehicle window, with one or more preselected signal members being exposed and hanging downwardly from the housing for alerting passersby.
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1. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a vehicle window, the signal device comprising:a housing defining a receiver;a hanger connected to said housing, said hanger being adapted for engaging with the edge of the vehicle window and for supporting said housing from the edge of the vehicle wi
1. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a vehicle window, the signal device comprising:a housing defining a receiver;a hanger connected to said housing, said hanger being adapted for engaging with the edge of the vehicle window and for supporting said housing from the edge of the vehicle window;at least one signal member adapted for pivoting from a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees to an inverted position extending from said receiver for providing a signal; anda stop provided adjacent said receiver for restraining inadvertent pivoting of said signal member from said retracted position, said stop being configured such that said signal member engages said stop upon said signal member being pivoted from said retracted position to said inverted position. 2. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said inverted position is substantially beneath said housing. 3. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said hanger is pivotally connected to said housing for moving between a retracted position substantially within said housing and an extended position for hanging said housing from the edge of the vehicle window. 4. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing includes a first panel and a second panel and spacer means for spacing said first panel and said second panel apart from one another to form said receiver. 5. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one signal member includes indicia thereon indicative of a specific need. 6. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and said at least one signal member are constructed of cardboard. 7. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and said at least one signal member are constructed of plastic. 8. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and said at least one signal member are constructed of metal. 9. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing and said at least one signal member are constructed of paper stock. 10. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing is elongated and said hanger is adapted for supporting said housing generally perpendicularly with respect to the window, and wherein said at least one signal member is adapted for extending generally parallel to said housing upon said at least one signal member being in said inverted position. 11. The signal device as defined in claim 1, wherein said at least one signal member is a generally circular disc. 12. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a vehicle window, the signal device comprising:a housing defining a receiver;a hanger connected to said housing, said hanger being adapted for engaging with the edge of the vehicle window and for supporting said housing from the edge of the vehicle window;at least one signal member adapted for pivoting from a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees to an inverted position extending from said receiver for providing a signal; anda stop provided adjacent said receiver for restraining inadvertent pivoting of said signal member from said retracted position towards said inverted position, said stop being configured such that said signal member engages said stop upon said signal member being pivoted from said retracted position to said inverted position. 13. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a vehicle window, the vehicle window being carried in a window frame, and the signal device comprising:a housing defining a generally square-shaped receiver having four side walls;a hanger connected to said housing, said hanger having a slot for receiving the edge of the vehicle window and a projection for receipt by the window frame of the vehicle window for supporting said housing from the edge of the vehicle window;at least one generally circular signal disc pivotally attached to said housing for pivoting from a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees to an inverted position extending from said receiver for providing a signal, wherein said inverted position is substantially beneath said housing;a stop provided adjacent said receiver for restraining inadvertent pivoting of said signal disc from said retracted position, said stop being configured such that said signal disc engages said stop upon said signal disc being pivoted from said retracted position to said inverted position; andwherein the diameter of said at least one signal disc approximates the length of at least one of said four side walls of said receiver. 14. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a window, the signal device comprising:a housing defining a receiver;a hanger connected to said housing, said hanger being adapted for engaging with the edge of the window and for supporting said housing from the edge of the window;at least one generally circular signal member adapted for moving from a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees to become inverted in a signaling position extending from said receiver; anda stop provided adjacent said receiver for restraining inadvertent pivoting of said signal member from said retracted position, said stop being configured such that said signal member engages said stop upon said signal member being pivoted from said retracted position to said inverted position. 15. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a window, the signal device comprising:a housing defining a receiver;means for supporting said housing from the edge of the window;at least one generally circular signal member adapted for moving from a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees to become inverted in a signaling position extending from said receiver; anda stop provided adjacent said receiver for restraining inadvertent pivoting of said signal member from said retracted position, said stop being configured such that said signal member engages said stop upon said signal member being pivoted from said retracted position to said inverted position. 16. The signal device as defined in claim 15, wherein said means includes a hanger having a slot for receiving the edge of the vehicle window. 17. The signal device as defined in claim 15, wherein said means includes a hanger pivotally connected to said housing for moving between a retracted position substantially within said housing an extended position for supporting said housing from the edge of the vehicle window. 18. A signal device for attachment to the edge of a vehicle window, the signal device comprising:a housing defining a receiver;a hanger connected to said housing, said hanger being adapted for engaging with the edge of the window and for supporting said housing from the edge of the window;a plurality of generally circular signal members pivotally connected to said housing and configured for pivoting between a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees to an inverted signaling position extending from said receiver; anda stop provided adjacent said receiver for restraining inadvertent pivoting of said signal member from said retracted position, said stop being configured such that said signal member engages said atop upon said signal member being pivoted from said retracted position to said inverted position. 19. A method of signaling passersby from a vehicle, the vehicle having a window with an edge, the method comprising:providing a housing defining a receiver, and a stop adjacent said receiver;supporting said housing from the edge of the window;providing at least one signal member connected to said housing and adapted for moving between a retracted position substantially within said receiver through an arc of more than 180 degrees an inverted signaling position extending from said receiver; andmov ing said signal member from said retracted position and into engagement with said stop, and then to said signaling position such that said signal member is inverted and exposed to the view of passersby.
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