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US 7,001,052 B2Granted
Vehicle trailer lighting system
OwnerJohn K. Cullinaninventor
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Abstract
A trailer for vehicles having trailer lights that are mounted on stanchions present on the left rear and right rear corners of the trailer. An electrical light is mounted at an elevation so that the driver can see the front of the electrical light from the driver's seat of the towing vehicle. The electrical light is formed so that light is emitted both toward the rear of the trailer and toward the front of the trailer. The housing for the electrical light comprises concave lenses that are positioned so as to be resistant to breaking.
Claims13
A vehicle trailer lighting system, comprising:
- a first stanchion that is located on a rear portion of a vehicle trailer and on a right portion of said vehicle trailer, said first stanchion extending upwardly from said vehicle trailer;
- a second stanchion located on a rear portion of a vehicle trailer and on a left portion of said vehicle trailer, said second stanchion extending upwardly from said vehicle trailer;
- a first electrical light that is present within a housing, said housing having a rear concave and colored lens on a rear thereof and having a front concave and colored lens on a front thereof, whereby light that is emitted by said first electrical light is visible through said rear concave and colored lens and is visible through said front concave and colored lens, and wherein said housing is mounted on said stanchion and said front concave and colored lens is viewable from a driver's seat of a towing vehicle;
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- a second electrical light that is present within a housing, said housing having a rear concave and colored lens on a rear thereof and a front concave and colored lens on a front thereof, whereby light that is emitted by said second electrical light is visible through said rear concave and colored lens and light that is emitted by said second electrical light is visible through said front concave and colored lens, and wherein said housing is mounted on said stanchion and said front concave and colored lens is viewable from a driver's seat of said towing vehicle.
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