Vehicle parking guide

Claim 1

A parking guide for assisting the driver of an automotive vehicle to park the vehicle in a carport or garage in close proximity with the back wall without hitting the back wall comprising an elongate member, a bracket attached to the back wall of the carport or garage, means mounting the elongate member on the bracket, for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis in a direction perpendicular to the back wall of the carport or garage and at a level below the forwardmost portion of the vehicle, with the elongate member being dimensioned to have a length to extend from the pivot to a level above the hood of the vehicle into full view of the driver as the vehicle approaches the back wall, and a stop on the bracket offset from the pivot and extending into the path of the elongate member to position the elongate member in normal position of use to extend upwardly from the pivot at an angle of inclination away from the back wall whereby the driver will be signalled by rocking movement of the elongate member about its pivot in the direction towards the back wall in response to engagement by the forwardmost portion of the vehicle during movement to park the vehicle, with the center of gravity of the rod offset from the pivot in the direction away from the back wall by an amount automatically to return the elongate member in normal position upon disengagement of the vehicle from the elongate member.