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A vehicle sign assembly includes a pair of elongated sign boards that are attached to a tow vehicle pulling a towed vehicle. The signs protrude away from side doors of the tow vehicle so that they are visible. Each sign has three transparent sides. One side is abutted against the tow vehicle while s

A vehicle sign assembly includes a pair of elongated sign boards that are attached to a tow vehicle pulling a towed vehicle. The signs protrude away from side doors of the tow vehicle so that they are visible. Each sign has three transparent sides. One side is abutted against the tow vehicle while second and third sides converge outwardly from the tow vehicle doors so that the signs can be seen from a front and a rear of the tow vehicle. The second and third sides include indicia printed thereon, signaling that a vehicle is being towed. Each sign includes a chamber formed between the sides thereof. A mechanism is included for illuminating the signs so that one sign can remain illuminated when another sign is non-illuminated. A mechanism is included for affixing the signs to the doors of the tow vehicle such that signs can be adjusted as needed.

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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A portable vehicle sign assembly for notifying bystanders of a vehicle's towing status, said vehicle sign assembly comprising: a pair of elongated and coextensively shaped sign boards removably and di

What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A portable vehicle sign assembly for notifying bystanders of a vehicle's towing status, said vehicle sign assembly comprising: a pair of elongated and coextensively shaped sign boards removably and directly attached to a leading tow vehicle to which a trailing towed vehicle is moored, said pair of sign boards being protruding laterally away from driver and passenger side doors of the leading tow vehicle such that said pair of sign boards are visible to a third-party vehicle directly aligned in parallel behind the trailing towed vehicle, each of said pair of sign boards having three coextensively shaped and monolithically formed sides, each of said sides being equidistantly offset from a centrally registered longitudinal axis of said respective pair of sign boards, each of said sides being formed from transparent material including indicia printed thereon for signaling the bystanders that a vehicle is being towed; means for independently illuminating said pair of sign boards such that one of said pair of sign boards can remain illuminated when another one of said pair of sign boards is non-illuminated; and means for independently and removably affixing said pair of sign boards directly to the driver and passenger doors of the leading tow vehicle such that each of said pair of sign boards can be adjustably positioned as needed during driving conditions. 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein each of said sides of said pair of sign boards comprises: planar interior and exterior surfaces contiguously extending along an entire length of said respective sign boards; and planar proximal and distal ends monolithically formed with said interior and exterior surfaces respectively. 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said independently illuminating means comprises: at least one light emitting member directly connected to one of said interior surfaces of each of said pair of sign boards; and an electrical coupling disposed at one of said proximal and distal ends of said pair of sign boards, said electrical coupling being electrically mated to said at least one light emitting member. 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said independently and removably affixing means comprises: a first single and unitary strap directly conjoined to an exterior surface of one of said sides of a first one of said pair of sign boards; and a second single and unitary strap directly conjoined to an exterior surface of one of said sides of a second one of said pair of sign boards; each of said first and second unitary straps having a longitudinal length greater than the longitudinal lengths of said first and second sign boards. 5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein each of said first and second unitary straps comprises: a pair of coextensively shaped hooks directly coupled to proximal and distal end portions of said first and second unitary straps respectively, said pair of hooks being directly affixed to a window sill and a bottom edge of the driver and passenger doors such that said pair of sign boards are firmly secured along a vertical plane registered orthogonal to a ground surface. 6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said independently and removably affixing means comprises: a magnetic strip affixed directly to one of said sides of each of said pair of sign boards. 7. A portable vehicle sign assembly for notifying bystanders of a vehicle's towing status, said vehicle sign assembly comprising: a pair of elongated and coextensively shaped sign boards removably and directly attached to a leading tow vehicle to which a trailing towed vehicle is moored, said pair of sign boards being protruding laterally away from driver and passenger side doors of the leading tow vehicle such that said pair of sign boards are visible to a third-party vehicle directly aligned in parallel behind the trailing towed vehicle, each of said pair of sign boards having three coextensively shaped and monolithically formed sides, each of said sides being equidistantly offset from a centrally registered longitudinal axis of said respective pair of sign boards, each of said sides being formed from transparent material including indicia printed thereon for signaling the bystanders that a vehicle is being towed, wherein each of said pair of sign boards comprises a continuous and unitary chamber formed between said respective sides thereof; means for independently illuminating said pair of sign boards such that one of said pair of sign boards can remain illuminated when another one of said pair of sign boards is non-illuminated; and means for independently and removably affixing said pair of sign boards directly to the driver and passenger doors of the leading tow vehicle such that each of said pair of sign boards can be adjustably positioned as needed during driving conditions. 8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein each of said sides of said pair of sign boards comprises: planar interior and exterior surfaces contiguously extending along an entire length of said respective sign boards; and planar proximal and distal ends monolithically formed with said interior and exterior surfaces respectively. 9. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said independently illuminating means comprises: at least one light emitting member directly connected to one of said interior surfaces of each of said pair of sign boards; and an electrical coupling disposed at one of said proximal and distal ends of said pair of sign boards, said electrical coupling being electrically mated to said at least one light emitting member. 10. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said independently and removably affixing means comprises: a first single and unitary strap directly conjoined to an exterior surface of one of said sides of a first one of said pair of sign boards; and a second single and unitary strap directly conjoined to an exterior surface of one of said sides of a second one of said pair of sign boards; each of said first and second unitary straps having a longitudinal length greater than the longitudinal lengths of said first and second sign boards. 11. The assembly of claim 10, wherein each of said first and second unitary straps comprises: a pair of coextensively shaped hooks directly coupled to proximal and distal end portions of said first and second unitary straps respectively, said pair of hooks being directly affixed to a window sill and a bottom edge of the driver and passenger doors such that said pair of sign boards are firmly secured along a vertical plane registered orthogonal to a ground surface. 12. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said independently and removably affixing means comprises: a magnetic strip affixed directly to one of said sides of each of said pair of sign boards. 13. A portable vehicle sign assembly for notifying bystanders of a vehicle's towing status, said vehicle sign assembly comprising: a pair of elongated and coextensively shaped sign boards removably and directly attached to a leading tow vehicle to which a trailing towed vehicle is moored, said pair of sign boards being protruding laterally away from driver and passenger side doors of the leading tow vehicle such that said pair of sign boards are visible to a third-party vehicle directly aligned in parallel behind the trailing towed vehicle, each of said pair of sign boards having three coextensively shaped and monolithically formed sides, each of said sides being equidistantly offset from a centrally registered longitudinal axis of said respective pair of sign boards, wherein one of said sides of each of said pair of sign boards is abutted directly against the leading tow vehicle while second and third ones of said sides of each of said pair of sign boards converge outwardly and away from the driver and passenger side doors of the leading tow vehicle so that said pair of sign boards can be seen from a front and a rear of the leading tow vehicle, each of said sides being formed from transparent material including indicia printed thereon for signaling the bystanders that a vehicle is being towed, wherein each of said pair of sign boards comprises a continuous and unitary chamber formed between said respective sides thereof; means for independently illuminating said pair of sign boards such that one of said pair of sign boards can remain illuminated when another one of said pair of sign boards is non-illuminated; and means for independently and removably affixing said pair of sign boards directly to the driver and passenger doors of the leading tow vehicle such that each of said pair of sign boards can be adjustably positioned as needed during driving conditions. 14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein each of said sides of said pair of sign boards comprises: planar interior and exterior surfaces contiguously extending along an entire length of said respective sign boards; and planar proximal and distal ends monolithically formed with said interior and exterior surfaces respectively. 15. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said independently illuminating means comprises: at least one light emitting member directly connected to one of said interior surfaces of each of said pair of sign boards; and an electrical coupling disposed at one of said proximal and distal ends of said pair of sign boards, said electrical coupling being electrically mated to said at least one light emitting member. 16. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said independently and removably affixing means comprises: a first single and unitary strap directly conjoined to an exterior surface of one of said sides of a first one of said pair of sign boards; and a second single and unitary strap directly conjoined to an exterior surface of one of said sides of a second one of said pair of sign boards; each of said first and second unitary straps having a longitudinal length greater than the longitudinal lengths of said first and second sign boards. 17. The assembly of claim 16, wherein each of said first and second unitary straps comprises: a pair of coextensively shaped hooks directly coupled to proximal and distal end portions of said first and second unitary straps respectively, said pair of hooks being directly affixed to a window sill and a bottom edge of the driver and passenger doors such that said pair of sign boards are firmly secured along a vertical plane registered orthogonal to a ground surface. 18. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said independently and removably affixing means comprises: a magnetic strip affixed directly to one of said sides of each of said pair of sign boards.