A foldable warning triangle assembly 100 comprising three arms 112,114,116 configurable as a triangle. The three arms are pivotably connected together at pivot points 118,120,122 such that they collapse without disconnecting the three arms. The assembly also comprises an electrical switch within a first arm 112 adjacent a pivot point between the first and second arms 112,114. The second arm 114 comprises a surface arranged to apply force on the switch when the three arms are configured as a triangle completing an electrical circuit of the warning triangle. Also provided is a foldable warning triangle assembly comprising three arms and a housing in which the housing comprises an interior to receive the triangle assembly when folded and comprises a support connector for the triangle providing it a base or a locking mechanism comprising a rotatable switch or an externally accessible storage compartment. Also provided is a foldable warning triangle assembly comprising three arms each arm comprising an array of lights and a control module to control the illumination of the array of lights to provide a pattern of illumination in which the pattern comprises a direction indicator by illuminating two of the three arms in sequence.


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    Title :

    Foldable warning triangle assembly


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    Publication date :

    2018-04-18


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G09F DISPLAYING , Anzeigewesen / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein



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