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US 10,240,728 B2Granted
Multifunction portable utility light
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWei Xu, Yun Shin Lee, Daniel Howard Weckstein, Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr., Todd Jared Konet
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a motor vehicle component having a receiver and a portable utility light that is releasably held in that receiver. The portable utility light includes a housing having a lens and an external reflector and a light source held in the housing. A method of providing a motor vehicle with a multi function light source is also disclosed.
Claims14
An apparatus, comprising:
- a liftgate including a trim panel and a receiver provided in said trim panel;
- and
- a portable utility light releasably held in said receiver, said portable utility light including a housing, having a lens and an external reflector, and a light source held in said housing wherein said external reflector is exposed along said trim panel when said portable utility light is held in said receiver.
A method, comprising:
- locating a receiver on a closure of a motor vehicle;
- releasably securing a portable utility light on said receiver;
- and
- configuring said portable utility light with a light source functioning as a dome light and a flash light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.