Motor vehicle with recesses for carrying warning indicators

US6763778B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Volvo Personvagnar AB · SE

Inventors

• åke Bergquist · Älvsbyn, SE
• Goran Larsson · Lund, SE
• Anders Gunnarson · Lindome, SE
• Simon Lamarre · Mölndal, SE
• Karin Reikerås · Beauvais, FR
• Kjell Reikerås · Ulricehamn, SE
• Einar Lennartsson · Sollebrunn, SE
• Birgitta Thorsson · Varberg, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 20, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 15, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Q1/304
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle designed to carry a foldable warning triangle that can be removed from the vehicle. The vehicle has an opening defined by a boundary edge and covered by a hatch such as a trunk or hood. The hatch is arranged so that it can be moved between a closed position and an open position. The fold-up warning triangle is secured in an edge portion of the hatch that bears against the boundary edge of the opening when the hatch is in the closed position. A warning surface of the warning triangle is visible to other traffic when the hatch is opened. In a preferred embodiment, the fold-up warning triangle is releasably placed in a recess in the edge portion of the hatch. The recess has a wall interrupted by at least one hole through which the warning surface is visible to other traffic when the hatch is open.