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US 7,163,321 B2Granted
Emergency vehicle grille
OwnerSteven Contarinoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is an inconspicuous emergency vehicle grille designed with emergency lights built flush therein thereby allowing the lights to be unobstructed by the grille and conspicuous when lit. This invention further provides the opportunity to retrofit the emergency vehicle grille with minimal effort by simply replacing the existing grille with a new grille prefabricated with the emergency lights. Alternatively, this invention is an emergency vehicle grille designed with emergency light sockets for the installation of flush mounted emergency lights.
Claims7
A vehicular lighting system comprising:
- a grille;
- and
- at least one light fixture integrated with the grille wherein the fixture is unobstructed by the grille and the fixture is substantially flush with a front of the grille whereby said light fixture is inconspicuous until said light fixture is lit.
An emergency vehicle grille comprising:
- a grille base having at least one unobstructed, preformed light fixture socket for receiving a light fixture, wherein the socket is formed in a three inch by seven inch opening in the grille base and wherein the light fixture received is substantially flush with a front of said grille base, whereby said light fixture is inconspicuous until said light fixture is lit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.