Rear deck warning light bar
First Claim
1. A light bar comprising a bar member, a pair of light projection units into which said bar member extends, said units being slidably mounted on the bar member for movement toward and away from each other to achieve selected separation distances.
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Abstract
An interior light bar adapted to be installed on the rear deck of a vehicle for projecting light out of the rear window. The light bar has a pair of projection units each having a housing and each slidably mounted on a rail which extends through the housings from an end thereof and along a rear, closed side. The units each contain light emitters which project the light out of the open side of the units. The units are assembled with a selected separation distance so that the ends through which the rail extends are essentially in contact or sufficiently spread apart to clear a brake light assembly on the rear deck or even further apart so as to provide a wide width of illumination out of the rear window from the light bar. The rail may be channel which provides a conduit for wiring from the light emitter units. Fasteners which connect the housings and the rail into an integrated assembly extend through the closed side of the housing. These fasteners may also connect to a slotted L bracket for providing height and lateral adjustability of the light bar toward and away from the window upon installation of the deck.
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17 Claims
- 1. A light bar comprising a bar member, a pair of light projection units into which said bar member extends, said units being slidably mounted on the bar member for movement toward and away from each other to achieve selected separation distances.
- 11. A warning light system for use inside a vehicle having a window and a shelf extending from said window into said vehicle, said system comprising a pair of housings each containing at least one light emitter unit which projects light out of open sides of said housings, said housings having sides opposite to said open sides and ends, a rail along which said housings are movable toward and away from each other, said rail extending into said housings and along said opposite sides thereof, fasteners connecting said housings to said rail with said housings in selected separation from being in contact with each other to being spaced apart by selected distances, and fasteners connecting said housing adjustably in height on said shelf and adjustable in spacing toward and away from said window.
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16. A method for attaching light projection units along a rail comprising the steps of:
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locating said rail through an opening in each of the light projection units; adjusting the position of each of the light projection units along said rail in which said light projection units are capable of being adjacent to each other to being spaced from each other; clamping each of the light projection units to said rail to maintain said position of each of the light projection units along said rail; and locating said light projection units inside a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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Specification