License plate frame with emergency lighting
OwnerMonsour M. Bakerinventor
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Abstract
A license plate frame assembly a housing and a first plurality of lighting elements. The housing is adapted for mounting to a vehicle and has first and second generally opposed pairs of side members defining a central aperture dimensioned for a vehicle license plate to be visible therethrough. Each of the first pair of side members defines a first plurality of lighting element apertures therein. The first plurality of lighting elements is arranged in the housing under the first plurality of lighting element apertures, and mounted in the housing such that light emitted thereby from the first pair of side members is oriented along intersecting first axes at acute angles relative to a plane of the vehicle license plate.
Claims19
A license plate frame assembly comprising:
- a housing for mounting to a vehicle, the housing having first and second generally opposed pairs of side members defining a central aperture dimensioned for a vehicle license plate lying in a vehicle license plate plane to be visible therethrough, each of the first pair of side members defining a first plurality of lighting element apertures therein;
- a first plurality of lighting elements arranged in the housing under the first plurality of lighting element apertures;
- wherein each of the first pair of side members includes an inclined surface in which the first plurality of lighting element apertures are defined, the inclined surface forming an acute angle with respect to the vehicle license plate plane;
- and
- wherein the first plurality of lighting elements are mounted in the housing such that light emitted thereby through the first plurality of lighting element apertures is oriented along first axes at acute angles relative to the vehicle license plate plane.
A license plate frame assembly comprising:
- a housing for mounting to a vehicle, the housing having
- first and second generally opposed pairs of side members defining a central aperture dimensioned for a vehicle license plate lying in a vehicle license plate plane to be visible therethrough,
- connected front and back housing sections forming respective first and second front and back portions of the first and second pairs of sides, the first front portions having inclined surfaces in which a first plurality of lighting element apertures are defined, the back portions having angled mounting surfaces underlying the inclined surfaces, the inclined surfaces and angled mounting surfaces being inclined relative to the vehicle license plate plane;
- a first plurality of lenses mounted in the first plurality of lighting element apertures;
- a first plurality of lighting elements underlying the first plurality of lenses;
- and
- a first pair of lighting element circuit boards carrying the first plurality of lighting elements and mounted to the angled mounting surfaces;
- wherein the first plurality of lighting elements are mounted in the housing such that light emitted thereby through the first plurality of lighting element apertures is oriented along first axes at acute angles relative to the vehicle license plate plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.