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US 4,054,789 AGranted
Vehicle safety light
OwnerFrances Romanelliinventor
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Abstract
A vehicular warning light mounted in a storage position on a bracket in the interior of the trunk of a motor vehicle. The bracket is attached to the trunk cover. Upon lifting the trunk cover and closing a switch mounted on the dashboard of the vehicle, a flashing red light is activated and a latch retracted to enable the light to pivot to a use position in a substantially vertical plane.
Claims6
A warning light adapted to be secured to the interior surface of the trunk cover of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing including electrical socket means for receiving a bulb,
- a reflector, and
- a lens for transmitting reflected light from a bulb electrically connected to said electrical socket means,
- bracket means for mounting said housing on a trunk cover of a motor vehicle including a bracket,
- hinge means pivotally connecting said housing to said bracket for pivotal movement from a storage position wherein said housing is complementally supported by said bracket to a use position in a substantially vertical plane, means associated with said hinge means for urging said housing to its use position,
- retractible latch means for locking said housing in is storage position, and
- electrical circuit means connected to said socket means and retractible latch means for simultaneously activating a bulb received within said socket means and retracting said latch means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.