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CAR TRUNK SWITCH AND LAMP ASSEMBLY

  • US 3,553,448 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1968
  • Issued: 01/05/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1968
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly for lighting an auto trunk having a trunk lid connected to a hinge arm pivotally mounted on a bracket arm for enabling said lid to pivot between an open and a closed position, the improvement comprising an electrically nonconductive housing for carrying a lamp, a metal frame carrying said housing, means carried by said housing for completing one electrical connection to said lamp, a spring blade secured adjacent one end to said frame, a lever pivotally carried by said frame slidingly engaging said blade intermediate the blade ends in response to a pivotal movement by said lever in one direction with said blade biasing said lever to a home position and adapted to slidingly engage said lamp for completing a second electrical connection to light said lamp in response to said lever arm being pivoted against said bias, and means for adjustably positioning said frame along said bracket arm to enable said hinge arm to pivot said lever in said one direction against said bias for lighting said lamp in response to said lid being opened and enable said bias to return said lever to said home position for extinguishing said lamp in response to said lid being closed.

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