Marker lamp adapted for mounting on an automotive vehicle, and connection into an electrical circuit, without the use of tools

• US 3,321,731 A
• Filed: 07/13/1964
• Issued: 05/23/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elliott Goldbaum
• Original Assignee: Elliott Goldbaum
• Inventors: Goldbaum, Elliott
• Application Number:
  US04/382,000
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• US Class Current: 439/120
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/26 the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic

Claims

1. ILLUMINATING STRUCTURE COMPRISING ELONGATED LAMPCARRYING MEANS FOR CARRYING A LAMP AT ANY SELECTED LOCATION ALONG SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS, SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND FORMING A GROUND OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, AND SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS CARRYING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR WHICH IS AT LEAST PARTLY EXPOSED AT THE EXTERIOR OF SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS, WHICH IS INSULATED THEREFROM, AND WHICH FORMS A LIVE PORTION OF SAID CIRCUIT, A LAMP ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE LAMP HOUSING, A LAMP BULB THEREIN, AND LIVE AND GROUND CONNECTIONS FOR THE LAMP BULB, AND MOUNTING MEANS CARRIED IN PART BY SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS AND IN PART BY SAID HOUSING FOR MOUNTING THE LATTER ON SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS WITHOUT THE USE OF TOOLS, SAID HOUSING WHEN THUS MOUNTED ON SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS HAVING ITS LIVE CONNECTION ENGAGING SAID CONDUCTOR AND ITS GROUND CONNECTION ENGAGING SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS SO THAT WHEN SAID CIRCUIT IS CLOSED SAID BULB WILL BE ILLUMINATED, SAID GROUND CONNECTION OF SAID LAMP HOUSING INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SPRINGY MEMBER AT THE EXTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING, SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS HAVING A PROJECTING PORTION ENGAGING SAID SPRINGY MEMBER FOR PROVIDING WITH THE LATTER A LATCH STRUCTURE RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID HOUSING ON SAID LAMP-CARRYING MEANS, AND MEANS IN SAID PROJECTING PORTION DEFINING A SPACE BEHIND SAID SPRINGY MEMBER FOR RELEASING THE SAME.