DE8121669U1 - FOLDABLE WARNING TRIANGLE - Google Patents

Description

Collapsible warning triangle

The innovation relates to a collapsible warning triangle according to the preamble of claim 1.

There are a variety of collapsible automotive warning triangles on the market that consist of an equilateral triangle according to the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations, whose red stripes of the same length, when set up, at 60 ° to each other reflect and enclose a white inner field made of flexible material, which with a central vertical black line is provided.

The pivoting of the legs of the triangle towards one another

for the purpose of erecting or collapsing takes place around a pivot point in the area of the Tips of the triangle, which is provided with a suitable erection device.

An un-

the dependent commercial product is the one known per se

Warning light, which is available in embodiments, which can be switched to pulse operation and / or continuous operation. 5

An embodiment combining the warning light and the warning triangle to form an integral product is not known, although the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations provide for this

ΊΘ which state that warning lights also have warning triangles Can be assembled into one device, with the warning light if it is within the dimensions of the Triangle symbol is only symmetrical to the geometric center of gravity of the black middle line or in the middle of the lower or right red stripe may be attached and from the triangle symbol

2 should not take up a larger area than 40 cm.

This is where the present innovation ^{comes in,} which is based on the task of designing a device of the type mentioned in the generic part of the protection claim in such a way that an integrated form of collapsible warning triangle and warning light It is predeterminable that this enables the collapsibility

of the warning triangle is not obstructed and this is collapsed state does not occupy a significantly larger volume than the previously known collapsible warning triangles.

The solution to this problem will be according to the innovation

achieved by the features given in the characterization of claim 1.

_ Advantageous designs and further developments this solution to the problem result from the subclaims.

According to the innovation according to the form of an advantageous breakdown and warning device for Motor vehicles while maintaining the previously known basic structure of a folding warning triangle created, it being particularly advantageous that r : the one required to operate the warning light

electronic circuit in a closed housing introduced or completely in insulating compound

\ is embedded, so that the effects of moisture

t ' ^u partial effects on the functioning of the

: Device are. Even with heavy use,

[So frequent unfolding and folding of the

Warning triangle are not any malfunctions of the To fear the warning light. This creates the newly designed

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term warning triangle more safety in road traffic, in the event of breakdowns and accidents as well as in the event of total closures that may become necessary very quickly. The extremely small-volume combined device of a warning triangle with a warning light when collapsed meets all the necessary regulations of the road traffic licensing regulations, while at the same time it is independent of any external power source. For the small volume of the device, the use of baby battery cells is particularly advantageous, which have not yet been used for warning triangles or warning lights. The accommodation of the power source as well as the electrical and electronic part and finally also the warning light in the lower bar of the warning triangle shifts its center of gravity in a favorable manner in the immediate vicinity of the installation device, _{i.e. downwards, and thus increases the stability of the device considerably.}

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The belllegende drawing shows an example of an embodiment in a simplified representation and is intended to provide a more detailed explanation of the innovation.
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As shown, this is done by means of a set-up device 9 held at a distance from the ground warning triangle in a known manner from collapsible legs, which essentially make out the red circumferential stripe and with reflectors 4 in any, the relevant Regulations taking into account arrangement are provided. The three legs can be made from one Sufficiently strong, but preferably flexible plastic within certain limits, but also metal, such as Aluminum, sheet metal and the like exist and hold between them the white inner field 6, for example in the form of a white canvas or a plastic cloth, with the black vertical line 5

™ in a central arrangement. Vertically below the black line 5 integrated into the lower horizontal bar and thus lying in its center, there is the warning light 2 with an orange colored diffuser, not shown, which e.g.

is held interchangeably by being pushed into a holder or in some other way.

The lower bar, which is horizontal when the warning triangle is set up, represents, like the rear view of the same in the lower part of the drawing shows a housing box, which is composed of the left housing part 1 and the right housing part 3, wherein in the embodiment the left housing part 1 is closed and the required for the operation of the warning light 2

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It electronics 8 takes up. The switches for operating the warning light 2 are then provided in this area.

The right part of the housing box takes a number of very small or low-volume baby cells as a power source 7 for the warning light 2. The right part of the housing box is for replacement the batteries can be easily opened by means of a sliding flap or the like, these The flap is designed so that both the batteries and the warning light are closed State protected against moisture.

In the exemplary embodiment, the has in the horizontal Leg of the warning triangle integrated housing box, with a wall of the same through the front reflector wall itself is formed, a dimension of 400 60 χ 40 mm. The electronic

The circuit for the flashing light operation essentially consists of a flip-flop circuit with 60 to 65 pulses per minute. The luminosity of the warning light is designed so that it is at

Darkness is clearly visible about 2.5 km away. 25th

Claims (6)

• at itii μ ■ · t ·· fti claims for protection 1. Collapsible warning triangle in the form of an equilateral triangle with a red surrounding it Stripes, white central field and black vertical line in the middle of the inner field and with an integrated warning light within the dimension of the triangle, which is fed by a non-regenerative power source, d a -characterized in that one leg of the warning triangle as a housing box (1,3) for simultaneous recording an electronic part (8), the warning light (2) and the power source (7) is formed »15 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing box in a closed, the electronics with switching device carrying part (1) and one to opening, the power source receiving part (3) is divided. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, characterized characterized that between the closed 25th and the part of the housing box that can be opened (1,3) the warning light (2) is arranged. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the power source (7) consists of a suitable number of baby battery cells. 5. Apparatus according to claim 1 and 3, characterized in that the warning light (2) with t r m r ■ r 0 ι ρ * * * ^ i t ■ II ft * · ** - · · III Mil Il «· ·" · " ^r · upstream lens is centrally located below the black line (5). 6. Apparatus according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that the housing box (1,3) Part of the lower horizontal red stripe of the warning triangle.