Vehicle light
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorsLarry E. Mathias, Jason M. Hathaway
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Abstract
A lamp assembly for a vehicle is integrally formed in a vehicle panel which includes a concave recess for receiving a lamp socket and lamp. A plurality of lens receiving slots extend around the periphery of the concave recess for snap-fitting a lens to the panel. In a preferred embodiment, the concave recess is offset by a peripheral convex rim to position the lens toward the vehicle interior. In a preferred embodiment also, the panel is a vehicle headliner and the concave recess includes an aperture for receiving a spring clip which mounts a lamp socket to the headliner within the concave recess.
Claims12
A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle panel for mounting to a vehicle, said panel having a surface facing the interior of the vehicle, said panel formed to integrally include a depression formed in said surface, said depression having a floor and curved sidewalls, a plurality of spaced lens receiving mounting slots formed in said panel at the periphery of said depression, said depression including a pair of spaced apertures, with one of said apertures formed in the floor thereof and the other of said apertures formed in said sidewall, said panel further including a bridge extending between said apertures;
- a lamp socket including clip means for attaching said socket to said bridge for positioning a lamp fitted in said socket with said depression of said panel;
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- lens means including tab means extending into said mounting slots for snap mounting said lens means to said vehicle panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.