Phosphorescent vehicle trunk release
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorDavid Martyn Roessler
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Abstract
A release mechanism is located within a vehicle trunk for releasing the trunk lid. The mechanism includes a handle coated with a phosphorescent material to allow the handle to be viewed within a darkened trunk. The phosphorescent material is excited or made to glow by external light conducted through light-conducting means. The light-conducting means extends between a location external to the vehicle and a point adjacent the handle. The handle glows for a period of time following the exposure to the external light entering the conducting means to allow visibility of the handle within a darkened trunk.
Claims13
Phosphorescent release mechanism for releasing latch means for a trunk lid of a vehicle from within the trunk, the mechanism including a release handle coated with a phosphorescent material to allow the handle to be viewed within a darkened trunk and light-conducting means disposed between a location external to the vehicle and a point adjacent the handle to conduct external light to the handle for exciting the phosphorescent material to glow in the dark for a period of time following exposure to the external light passing through the light-conducting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.