Trailer step with backlighting
AssigneeEZ Loader Boat Trailers, Inc.
InventorJames M. Payne
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Abstract
A backlighted trailer step to facilitate a trailer users getting up onto a trailer for more convenient access to a load being carried, and which includes a backlighted cutout portion of the step for displaying indicia such as the trademark of the trailer. The lamps backlighting the indicia also provide a visual locator for the step in the dark, and function as a utility lamp to provide light for such things as servicing the trailer or changing tires at night, and increases safety by improving the visibility of the trailer to traffic approaching from the side.
Claims13
In a trailer adapted for connection to a towing vehicle and having a front, a side, and a step for facilitating access to the trailer or a load being carried by the trailer, the step having an upper horizontal surface and a vertical skirt portion facing outwardly from the trailer, the improvement comprising
- means forming indicia to be displayed carried by said outwardly facing skirt portion of said step for visual observation of said means forming indicia from the side and front of said trailer, and
- a lamp positioned behind said means forming indicia to backlight said means forming indicia carried by said outwardly facing skirt portion of said step to project light outwardly from the front and the side of said trailer through said means forming indicia to enable observation of said trailer step and means forming indicia from the towing vehicle when said trailer is parked and in motion being towed behind the towing vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.