Low-profile modular lightbar assembly
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1. A warning light system comprising:
- housing means, said housing means including a monolithic generally I-shaped elongated support member, said support member being defined by a planar central web portion and adjoining upper and lower flange portions which cooperate to define a pair of oppositely facing open-sided channels, the edge regions of said flange portions being provided with connector means;
a plurality of light generator means mounted at different laterally spaced positions along said support member, said light generator means being at least in part positioned within said open-sided channels in said support member;
a plurality of light transmissive cover means, said cover means being generally C-shaped and having edge portions which cooperate with said support member connector means to mount said plural cover means on said support member on opposite sides thereof, said cover means extending over said light generator means; and
spacer means for providing a sealed joint between adjacent ones of said cover means on a common side of said support member, said spacer means engaging said adjacent cover means and said support member connector means.
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Abstract
A warning light assembly suitable for vehicle roof mounting is built around an I-beam structural member and includes lens elements which engage and are readily positionable on the beam so as to span the flanges at both sides thereof. The light assembly may include lights having a wide angle radiation pattern which are comprised of intersecting linear parabolic reflector sections and flash tubes formed to follow the contour of the intersecting linear focal points, the tubes being supports with their axes coincident with the reflector focal points.
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1. A warning light system comprising:
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housing means, said housing means including a monolithic generally I-shaped elongated support member, said support member being defined by a planar central web portion and adjoining upper and lower flange portions which cooperate to define a pair of oppositely facing open-sided channels, the edge regions of said flange portions being provided with connector means; a plurality of light generator means mounted at different laterally spaced positions along said support member, said light generator means being at least in part positioned within said open-sided channels in said support member; a plurality of light transmissive cover means, said cover means being generally C-shaped and having edge portions which cooperate with said support member connector means to mount said plural cover means on said support member on opposite sides thereof, said cover means extending over said light generator means; and spacer means for providing a sealed joint between adjacent ones of said cover means on a common side of said support member, said spacer means engaging said adjacent cover means and said support member connector means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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