Emergency display apparatus and methods of constructing and utilizing same

Claim 1

An emergency sign display kit for motor vehicles comprising: three emergency display signs, each said sign having prominently displayed thereon a different pictorial representation of a particular motorist emergency distress condition; said pictorial representations comprise a representation indicating a medical distress condition comprising a red cross on a white background, a representation indicating an out-of-fuel distress condition comprising a black gas can on an orange background and a representation indicating a need for a tow-truck distress condition comprising a blue tow-truck on a yellow-green background; said pictorial representation of said particular motorist emergency distress condition is prominently displayed on each opposing face of each said sign; each said emergency display sign is fabricated of a sheet of reflective, flexible, rollable cloth-like material; each said emergency display sign including an elongated rigid arm member for supporting said signs so as to depend therefrom; said arm member being provided with a groove for selectively engaging the upper edge of a vertically adjustable window of said motor vehicle to permit said arm member having said display sign depending therefrom to extend substantially horizontally outwardly from said window when said adjustable window is adjusted to a substantially closed position so that said arm member is securely held in said substantially horizontal position between said upper edge of said window and said upper frame portion for said window; each said arm member has provided at one end thereof identification means for easily determining the particular pictorial representation displayed on the sign depending from said arm member when said sign is in a rolled-up condition around said arm member; and each said rigid arm member has further secured thereto a written distress notice, said distress notice being disposed in a position so as to be easily visible to passing motorists when said rigid arm member is in said substantially horizontal position extending outwardly from said window; means for storing said sign during non-distress motorist driving conditions comprising a container.