Steering wheel and traffic slogan display
View Patent ↗A steering wheel raises the awareness of a driver of a vehicle or the like concerning safe driving during operation of the vehicle, leading to a reduction of traffic accidents and violations of traffic regulations. The steering wheel has a pad section nearly in the center of a steering section gripped by the driver. A traffic slogan display unit having a character section displaying a traffic slogan and a background section being other than the character section is formed on the pad section.
1. A traffic slogan display to be mounted on a steering wheel having a steering section to be gripped by a driver and a pad section located centrally in the steering section, said traffic slogan display comprising:
a traffic slogan display unit having a character section displaying a traffic slogan and a background section other than said character section, wherein said character section is formed so as to be convex or concave with respect to said background section so that said traffic slogan display unit has an uneven surface;
a mounting section comprising double sided adhesive tape for mounting said traffic slogan display unit on the pad section of the steering wheel;
a protecting section protecting said traffic slogan display unit; and
colored layers made of coating materials of different colors formed in said character section and said background section, respectively;
wherein said protecting section comprises a lens layer magnifying said character section, said lens layer formed in a body and in a manner so as to adhere closely to the upper surface of cavities formed by said uneven surface of said traffic slogan display unit.
2. The traffic slogan display according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said character section and said background section are colored with a coating material of said coating materials that contains a fluorescent material or a phosphorescent material.
3. A steering wheel having a steering wheel section to be gripped by a driver, a pad section located centrally in the steering section and the traffic slogan display unit according to claim 2 mounted on the pad section by said double sided adhesive tape.
4. The traffic slogan display according to claim 1 , wherein said traffic slogan of said character section comprises the characters obey rule.
5. A steering wheel having a steering wheel section to be gripped by a driver, a pad section located centrally in the steering section and the traffic slogan display unit according to claim 4 mounted on the pad section by said double sided adhesive tape.
6. A steering wheel having a steering wheel section to be gripped by a driver, a pad section located centrally in the steering section and the traffic slogan display unit according to claim 1 mounted on the pad section by said double sided adhesive tape.
7. A traffic slogan display to be mounted on a steering wheel having a steering section to be gripped by a driver and a pad section located centrally in the steering section, said traffic slogan display comprising:
a traffic slogan display unit having a character section displaying a traffic slogan and a background section other than said character section, wherein said character section is formed so as to be convex or concave with respect to said background section so that said traffic slogan display unit has an uneven surface;
a mounting section comprising double sided adhesive tape for mounting said traffic slogan display unit on the pad section of the steering wheel;
a protecting section protecting said traffic slogan display unit; and
colored layers made of coating materials of different colors formed in said character section and said background section, respectively;
wherein said character section and said background section together form concavities and convexities in said uneven surface of said traffic slogan display unit, wherein said protection section comprises a lens layer for magnifying said character section, wherein said lens layer is formed in a body and in a manner so that said lens layer extends into said concavities and so that said lens layer adheres closely to an upper surface of said concavities and an upper surface of said convexities.
8. The traffic slogan display of claim 7 , wherein said lens layer comprises molded transparent resin.
9. A steering wheel having a steering wheel section to be gripped by a driver, a pad section located centrally in the steering section and the traffic slogan display unit according to claim 8 mounted on the pad section by said double sided adhesive tape.
10. A steering wheel having a steering wheel section to be gripped by a driver, a pad section located centrally in the steering section and the traffic slogan display unit according to claim 7 mounted on the pad section by said double sided adhesive tape.