Title: Vehicle parking guide

Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle indicating mechanism, in the form of a parking guide, for gauging the back clearance of an automobile or similar vehicle. The parking guide includes a hollow, translucent guide rod, which is movable responsive to a motor within a control box, from a substantially horizontal position, adjacent to the back bumper of the vehicle, to a substantially vertical position, extending upwardly from the corner of the bumper. The guide rod is illuminated by a light within the control box when the rod is in the vertical position, thereby also enabling the rod to be viewed by the driver and used as a guide for parking the automobile, at night.

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Inventors: Cooper, Stephen Robert (Norwalk, CT, US)

Application Number: 615233
Filing Date: 1975-09-22
Publication_date: 1976-12-21
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Primary Class(es): 280/762 116/28R
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US Patent Ref:

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Primary Examiner: Queisser, Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Yasich, Daniel M.
Attorney: Gottlieb, Rackman, Reisman & Kirsch