Self-lifting crossing handflag for a satchel

Abstract

To solve the problem that a traffic accident encountered by a child going to and from school at a pedestrian crossing without a traffic signal continues. To solve the problem that even if there is a child who tries to cross a road, a vehicle which ignores the child and runs through the road is the main cause of an accident, but the excuse of a driver who tries to cross the road "there is no intention of passing the child" does not stop even if the enforcement and the penalty are strengthened. In such a vicious situation, a mechanism for children to protect themselves "to stop a car by putting a crossing flag in a knapsack" is created.SOLUTION: When two flat plates of a hand flag of a plastic plate and a base plate placed under it are connected by a hinge, they are folded and set on a backpack strap. When a schoolchild shakes his / her head from side to side to confirm the road of a crosswalk, the cheek of the schoolchild pushes the bar of the base plate to actuate the kick spring, and the two flat plates spring up on the shoulder strap. Then, the characters of "Stop" and "Please" engraved on the surfaces of the two flat plates, respectively, are reflected in series to the eyes of the driver, and the driver who continues to ignore the pedestrian priority inevitably stops once.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a traffic safety technology in which children on their way to or from school hoist a crossing flag on their school bag or vest that says "Please stop" to drivers when they are about to cross a crosswalk without traffic lights. [Background technology]

[0002] More than 2,000 pedestrians are killed in traffic accidents while crossing the road every year, and it is easy to imagine from the tragic news that is reported almost every month that many of the victims are children on their way to or from school. For this reason, local governments and community organizations provide yellow crossing flags at major crosswalks on school routes. [Prior art documents]

[0003] Reference 1: Mito 3238147 Attaching a safety flag to the clamp of a school bag Reference 2: Mito 3073632 School bag with a small flag Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention] The yellow crossing flags provided at major crosswalks on school routes have the following issues: A Children get bored of doing the same thing every day and eventually stop using flags. Child B believes that if he holds up a flag, all cars will stop, so he rushes out without looking left or right. C Children may be holding a water bottle or a shopping bag in both hands, and in that case they are unable to hold the crossing flag. D The flags are placed inside PVC pipes, etc., but they are soon blown away by strong winds. E There are countless crosswalks without traffic lights, and it is not possible to provide flags at all crosswalks.

[0004] To solve this problem, this invention was conceived by having students carry a crossing flag on their belongings when going to and from school, and when they turn their head to check the road at a crosswalk without traffic lights, the crossing flag is automatically raised. The belongings carried when going to and from school are a school bag in claim 1 and a wearable vest in claim 2. Effects of the invention

[0005] The present invention has the following excellent effects: a The children continue to use hand flags because it is fun to watch the flags fly up automatically when they shake their heads from side to side. b) To shake their heads, schoolchildren stop before the crosswalk, preventing them from suddenly running out onto the street. c The flag is raised by shaking its head, so it can be raised without any problems even if both hands are full of luggage. d The flag is attached to the school bag or vest when students go to and from school, so it will not get lost. e flags are worn on the way to school so that they can be raised at all crosswalks. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0006] [Figure 1] Illustration explaining the implementation of claim 1 [Figure 2] Illustration explaining the implementation of claim 2 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The embodiments of each claim of the invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings. Claim 1 will be explained with reference to Figure 1. Figure 1 is divided into two sections, upper and lower, by a dividing line 18, with the upper section showing the semaphore 5 in a stored state before use and the lower section showing the semaphore 5 in a raised state. A rectangular frame 20 enlarges a portion of the figure to provide an enlarged explanation of the key part of the invention.

[0008] Explain which part of Child 1's body to raise flag 5 on. The best part of the body to raise flag 5 on is next to Child 1's face. This is because when the driver sees flag 5, he will also see Child 1's face, which is pleading that he wants to cross.

[0009] The material of the flagpole 5 will now be explained. Conventional crosswalk flags are made of nylon fabric that flutters in the wind, but the flagpole of this invention is made of a lightweight, strong plastic. The reason is that the flagpole 5 needs to be placed on the carrying strap 3 so that the letters inside can be read, and it will also be connected to the hinge 12 and temporarily fastened to the latch 14, so it must be made of a lightweight plastic with a moderate hardness.

[0010] Write letters on flagpole 5. The letters on flagpole 5 need to clearly communicate to drivers that Child 1 intends to cross the street, so the letters must be written large so that they can be easily seen by passing cars 9. Therefore, use a small number of letters such as "Stop" or "Stop" and write the letters large accordingly. Pictures are also good for conveying the message at a glance, such as a picture of a red traffic light that evokes the message "Stop."

[0011] Extend a portion of the bottom edge of the flagpole 5 to create a small rectangular handle 6, as if you were holding it in your hand. When making the flagpole 5, you can cut it including this extended portion.

[0012] A hinge 12 is attached to the lower side of the handle 6.

[0013] A base plate 7 is attached to the bottom of the handle 6 via a hinge 12. The base plate 7 serves as a base for holding the flags 5 together when they are stored, and also as a display stand for the flags 5 when they are raised, so it is also made of a flat plastic plate of the same material.

[0014] Letters should also be engraved on base plate 7. When flagpole 3 is raised, base plate 7 will spread out below flagpole 3, so it would be good to write "please" on base plate 7, following the "stop" on flagpole 3. This phrase humbly asks the driver to stop.

[0015] A mechanism is created to allow the flag 3 to pop up with a sudden force. To achieve this, a kick spring 11 is attached next to the hinge 12, connecting the top edge of the base plate 7 to the bottom edge of the flag 5. The role of the kick spring 11 is to store the force of the student 1 in the coil spring when fastening the flag 5 to the base plate 7, and then, when the flag 5 is to be used, to open the latch 14 (described later) and forcefully raise the flag 5.

[0016] A "control rod" for using the semaphore 5 is created. To achieve this, a mechanism is created in which the hybrid bar 13 rotates slightly inside and outside the base plate 7, with the rotation axis screw 19 of the base plate 7 as the fulcrum. The hybrid bar 13 is a bar that combines two methods: the inside of the base plate 7 is a straight bar, and the outside of the base plate 7 facing the cheek of the child 1 is a flexible bar.

[0017] The aforementioned latch 14 is attached to the tip of the straight bar at the lower end of this hybrid bar 13. The latch 14 stores and holds the flag 5 and base plate 7 in a U-shape.

[0018] As mentioned above, the outside of the base plate 7 of this hybrid bar 13 is flexible so that it can be bent freely towards the cheek position of the child 1. This is so that it can be bent and adjusted to the cheek position taking into account the individual body shape of the child 1. Furthermore, a sponge ball 15 is attached to the tip of the hybrid bar 13 to prevent it from scratching the cheek of the child 1.

[0019] Now that the semaphore 5 has been structured to move systematically, the final step is to attach a concave fastener tape 21 to the back of the base plate 7. This concave fastener tape 21 is used to temporarily remove the semaphore 5 device at school or home.

[0020] The fastener tape convex surface 22 is sewn onto the shoulder strap 3 in correspondence with the fastener tape concave surface 21. This completes the semaphore 5 system.

[0021] Although the base plate 7 is attached to and detached from the shoulder strap 3 using fastener tape, it may be attached and detached using magnetic tape, or the base plate 7 may be clip-type and attached and detached using a clip.

[0022] The following explains how to use the semaphore flag 3. Child 1 stops briefly at a crosswalk 8 without traffic lights, shakes his head to check for cars 8, and presses sponge ball 15 with his cheek. Then hybrid bar 13 releases latch 14, and semaphore flag 5, which had been folded and stored, becomes one with base plate 7 and flies up onto shoulder strap 3, strongly indicating to drivers that he wants to cross the crosswalk and "please stop."

[0023] After crossing the crosswalk, return the flag 5 to its original stored position. Place the flag 5 on the base plate 7 with your right hand and insert it into the U-shaped latch 14 held in your left hand to store it away.

[0024] Claim 2 will be explained with reference to Figure 2. Figure 2 shows a child 1 standing on a crosswalk 8 without traffic lights. The girl has taken off her school bag 2 and changed into a vest 4, presumably on her way home from school to a cram school. However, since there is a crosswalk 8 without traffic lights on the way to the cram school, she has attached a ridged fastener tape 22 to the breast pocket 10 of her vest 4, and is wearing a hand flag 5 system. She is raising a hand flag 5 above the breast pocket 10 of her vest 4, saying "Please stop," to a car 9 that is just about to cross the crosswalk 8 without traffic lights.

[0025] In the above claims 1 and 2, in order to avoid cluttering of documents and drawings, it has been explained that the flag 5 is attached to the right shoulder strap 3 of the school bag 2 or the right breast pocket 10 of the vest 4, but it is also perfectly acceptable to attach it to the left side or both the left and right sides.

[0026] Furthermore, although claim 1 states that hand flags 5 are incorporated into school bags 2 of children 1, since crosswalk accidents can also occur among adults, we would like to recommend that hand flags 5 be incorporated into the backpacks they carry as well.

[0027] In addition, in claim 2, hand flag 5 is incorporated into vest 4 worn by child 1, but we would like to recommend that this be similarly incorporated into various coats worn by adults. [Industrial Applicability]

[0028] In order to protect children, who represent the future, from crosswalk traffic accidents, we would like to promote the crosswalk hand flags 5 incorporated into school bags 2 to the national and local governments and spread their use. Also, for elderly people who have become slower and are unable to cross crosswalks properly, we would like to incorporate the hand flags 5 into backpacks, vests, and coats that are commonly used by the elderly to reduce crossing accidents. In this way, the crosswalk hand flags 5 of this invention are particularly useful for young children and the elderly. [Explanation of symbols]

[0029] 1. Children 2. School bags 3. Carrying straps 4 Best 5 Semaphore 6 Handle 7 Base Plate 8. Crosswalks without traffic lights 9. Automobiles 10 Chest pocket 11 Kick spring 12 hinges 13 Hybrid Bar 14 Bolt 15 Sponge Ball 16 Before and after arrows 17 Contact Stars 18 Dividing line that divides the same drawing into two 19 Rotating shaft screw 20 Square frame to enlarge a part 21 Concave zipper tape 22 Convex zipper tape 23 Inscription on the surface of the flag 24 Characters on the surface of the base plate 25 Wavy lines indicating omissions

Claims

1. When a child turns his head to check the road before crossing a pedestrian crossing without traffic lights, a crossing flag is automatically raised on the strap of the child's school bag. The flags that children hold up next to their cheeks are square, flat plastic flags with the word "Stop" engraved on them to direct at drivers, A small square handle made by extending a part of the bottom edge of the flag, imitating the grip of the flag; A hinge attached to the lower edge of the handle; A flat plastic base plate that is placed under the handle with the hinge as an intermediary; The characters "please" are engraved on the base plate. a kick spring attached between the handle and the base plate beside the hinge, i.e., a kick spring that elastically assists the opening and closing of the handle and the base plate by the hinge with a compressed coil spring; A hybrid bar that rotates slightly inside and outside the base plate with a rotation axis screw in the base plate as a fulcrum, i.e., a hybrid bar in which the inside of the base plate is a straight bar and the outside of the base plate facing the child's cheek is a flexible bar; A latch attached to the bottom of the hybrid bar, that is, a latch that temporarily fastens the base plate and the two plastic plates of the flag, a fastener tape concave surface adhesively attached to the back side of the base plate; a convex fastener tape surface to be sewn onto a shoulder strap of a school bag in correspondence with the concave fastener tape surface; The feature of this system is that it is applied to at least one of the two places on the left and right sides of the backpack straps, and when a child turns their head to check the road before crossing a pedestrian crossing without traffic lights, the crossing flag automatically rises on the backpack straps.

2. In the crossing hand flag of claim 1, the convex surface of the fastener tape is sewn to the breast pocket of a vest worn by a child, so that the crossing hand flag automatically rises to the breast pocket of the vest when a child turns their head to check the road before crossing a pedestrian crossing without traffic lights.

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