Lighted soft top for a sport utility vehicle or utility task vehicle
AssigneeBestop, Inc.
InventorsRick H. Troeger, Jose N. Vigil
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Abstract
A soft top assembly for SUV/UTV vehicles having connected thereto at least one lighting source, such as a fixed light emitting diode lighting device, a rope/flexible light emitting diode lighting device, a solid fiber optic lighting device, to illuminate the interior of the vehicle. The lighting device has at least one water resistant housing that is low profile. The lighting device is also shock resistant. The lighting device has a predetermined ON/OFF feature and at least one power source is provided such as battery powered, powered by replaceable/rechargeable batteries, via connection to the vehicle by a wired harness or electrical contacts, or solar powered.
Claims19
A soft top assembly with lighting for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one lighting device operably connected to at least one predetermined location on the soft top assembly to selectively illuminate the vehicle interior, said at least one lighting device including at least one illumination portion with at least one light source that illuminates the vehicle interior when powered on;
- a flexible vehicle overhead cover, and, wherein the at least one lighting device further comprises at least one housing with at least one protrusion and includes a snap ring to operably connect the at least one lighting device to the flexible vehicle overhead cover using the snap ring positioned below the at least one protrusion to hold the flexible vehicle overhead cover between a first housing portion and the at least one protrusion.
A soft top assembly with lighting for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one lighting device operably connected to at least one predetermined location on the soft top assembly to selectively illuminate the vehicle interior, said at least one lighting device including at least one illumination portion with at least one light source that illuminates the vehicle interior when powered on,
- wherein the lighting device is a rope/flexible light emitting diode device that is sewn into a cover of the soft top assembly,
- wherein the lighting device further comprises:
- at least one LED strip of a plurality of LEDs;
- at least one web strap;
- and
- at least one film strip overlaying the LED strip;
- wherein the web strap is wrapped around a bottom of the LED strip and partly over the top of the film strip and operably fastened to the film strip to allow light transmission from the plurality of LEDs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.