# US 9,038,294 B2 · Lighted signs for passenger vehicles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,294 B2 - Document ID: US9038294B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/452,267 - Filed: 2014-08-05 - Published: 2015-02-19 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-14 - Assignees: Logolights, Inc. - Applicants: Logolights, Inc. - Inventors: Matthew Meza - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038294B2 ## CPC - G09F 13/06: using individual cut-out symbols or cut-out silhouettes, e.g. perforated signs - G09F 13/005: {Illumination controller or illuminated signs including an illumination control system} - G09F 13/08: using both translucent and non-translucent layers - G09F 21/04: by land vehicles - G09F 21/048: {Advertisement panels on sides, front or back of vehicles} - B60R 2011/004: {outside the vehicle} - G09F 7/04: the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by magnetic means - G09F 13/044: {Signs, boards or panels mounted on vehicles} - G09F 17/00: Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor - G09F 2007/005: {Signs associated with a sensor} - G09F 2027/001: {Comprising a presence or proximity detector} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A lighted sign for a passenger vehicle includes a decal affixed to an exterior of a window and a lamp housing affixed to an interior surface of the vehicle window immediately opposite the decal. The lamp housing includes an electronics module that illuminates the decal only when the vehicle is moving and when there is insufficient exterior light to clearly see the exterior decal. The decal and design are removable and replaceable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lighted sign for a vehicle, comprising: a decal disposed on an exterior surface of a window of the vehicle; a design disposed on a front face of the decal, the design having an ornamental configuration; a lamp housing disposed on an interior surface of the window underlying the decal, wherein a front face of the lamp housing has an opaque portion and a non-opaque portion, the non-opaque portion having a shape similar to the decal or the design; and an illumination source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to illuminate the front face of the lamp housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lighted sign of claim 1, wherein the decal comprises a translucent or transparent substrate configured to transmit light from the illumination source. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lighted sign of claim 2, wherein the design comprises an opaque color or dark translucent color, and a portion of the substrate extends from every edge of the ornamental configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lighted sign of claim 1, wherein the illumination source includes an on/off switch, a light sensor, and a motion sensor, all connected to a power source. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lighted sign of claim 4, wherein the power source comprises a battery in the lamp housing or the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lighted sign of claim 1, wherein the non-opaque portion of the front face of the lamp housing is transparent, translucent, or of a predetermined color. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lighted sign of claim 1, wherein the lamp housing comprises a removable and replaceable mask defining the opaque portion and non-opaque portion of the front face of the lamp housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lighted sign of claim 7, wherein the lamp housing comprises a tray and a fastening ring removably affixed to the tray, the tray and fastening ring configured to removably retain the mask and a transparent sheet therebetween. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lighted sign of claim 1, wherein the decal is removable and replaceable with an alternate decal having a different design with a different ornamental configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lighted sign of claim 9, wherein the front face of the lamp housing is replaceable with an alternate front face having a different opaque portion and a different non-opaque portion, wherein the different non-opaque portion has a shape similar to the alternate decal or the different design. ### Claim 11 A lighted sign for a vehicle, comprising: a decal disposed on an exterior surface of a window of the vehicle; a design disposed on a front face of the decal, the design having an ornamental configuration; a lamp housing disposed on an interior surface of the window underlying the decal, wherein a front face of the lamp housing has an opaque portion and a non-opaque portion, the non-opaque portion having a shape similar to the decal or the design; and an illumination source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to illuminate the front face of the lamp housing; wherein the illumination source includes an on/off switch, a light sensor, and a motion sensor, all connected to a power source; wherein the decal comprises a translucent or transparent substrate configured to transmit light from the illumination source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lighted sign of claim 11, wherein the design comprises an opaque color or dark translucent color, and a portion of the substrate extends from every edge of the ornamental configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The lighted sign of claim 11, wherein the power source comprises a battery in the lamp housing or the vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The lighted sign of claim 11, wherein the non-opaque portion of the front face of the lamp housing is transparent, translucent, or of a predetermined color. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The lighted sign of claim 11, wherein the lamp housing comprises a removable and replaceable mask defining the opaque portion and non-opaque portion of the front face of the lamp housing, wherein the lamp housing comprises a tray and a fastening ring removably affixed to the tray, the tray and fastening ring configured to removably retain the mask and a transparent sheet therebetween. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The lighted sign of claim 11, wherein the decal is removable and replaceable with an alternate decal having a different design with a different ornamental configuration, wherein the different non-opaque portion has a shape similar to the alternate decal or the different design. ### Claim 17 A lighted sign for a vehicle, comprising: a decal disposed on an exterior surface of a window of the vehicle; a design disposed on a front face of the decal, the design having an ornamental configuration, wherein the decal is removable and replaceable with an alternate decal having a different design with a different ornamental configuration; a lamp housing disposed on an interior surface of the window underlying the decal, wherein a front face of the lamp housing has an opaque portion and a non-opaque portion, the non-opaque portion having a shape similar to the decal or the design, wherein the non-opaque portion of the front face of the lamp housing is transparent, translucent, or of a predetermined color; and an illumination source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to illuminate the front face of the lamp housing wherein the illumination source includes an on/off switch, a light sensor, and a motion sensor, all connected to a power source wherein the decal comprises a translucent or transparent substrate configured to transmit light from the illumination source. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The lighted sign of claim 17, wherein the design comprises an opaque color or dark translucent color, and a portion of the substrate extends from every edge of the ornamental configuration, wherein the power source comprises a battery in the lamp housing or the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The lighted sign of claim 17, wherein the lamp housing comprises a removable and replaceable mask defining the opaque portion and non-opaque portion of the front face of the lamp housing, wherein the lamp housing comprises a tray and a fastening ring removably affixed to the tray, the tray and fastening ring configured to removably retain the mask and a transparent sheet therebetween. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The lighted sign of claim 17, wherein the front face of the lamp housing is replaceable with an alternate front face having a different opaque portion and a different non-opaque portion, wherein the different non-opaque portion has a shape similar to the alternate decal or the different design.