Surface-mounted, billet-formed ball-type headlight mount
OwnerJoel R. Feltyinventor
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Abstract
A Surface-Mounted, Billet-Formed Ball-Type Headlight Mount is disclosed. Also disclosed is a headlight mount that includes a ball dome member that attaches to the outside surface of the headlight housing. The mount further includes a plurality of attaching bolts extending outward from the inside of the housing to engage threaded apertures formed in an annular face. Furthermore, the mount assembly includes a carriage bolt having a flat-sided head.
Claims15
A headlight housing assembly comprising:
- a housing defined by an inner surface and an outer surface and an inner chamber;
- a lamp attached to said housing and resident inside said housing inner chamber;
- a ball dome member attached to said outer surface such that said entire ball dome member is external to said inner chamber, said ball dome member is further defined by a cylindrical portion, said cylindrical portion terminating in a dome portion at one end and in an annular face at another end, said annular face forming a ring-shaped surface forming a centralized opening into said ball dome member, said annular face defined by one or more threaded bores formed therethrough, each said bore being adjacent to and separate from said centralized opening.
A ball dome assembly for attachment to the outer surface of a headlight housing, said housing having an inner chamber within which a lamp resides, the assembly comprising:
- a ball dome forming a internal cavity separate from said inner chamber, said ball dome defined by a ring-shaped annular face forming a bore into said internal cavity, said ball dome attached to the outer surface of the housing with said annular face substantially in contact with said outer surface, said ball dome is further defined by a plurality of threaded a bores therein, said threaded bores opening on said annular face in generally spaced relation yet not opening on said internal cavity.
A headlight housing and ball dome assembly combination, comprising:
- a housing defined by an inner chamber containing a lamp, and an outer surface;
- a ball dome member attached to said outer surface and defined by a generally hollow cylindrical shape forming an annular face at one end and a dome-shaped portion at its other end, said annular face defining a ring-shaped face and a hollow center;
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- at least four mounting bolts penetrating said housing from said inner chamber and each said mounting bolt threadedly engaging a corresponding threaded bore formed in said ring-shaped face.
The combination of claim 13, wherein said ball dome member is further defined by a slot formed in said dome-shaped portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.