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Retractable tire change lights for automotive vehicle

  • US 4,802,069 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1988
  • Issued: 01/31/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tire-changing safety assembly comprising in combination:

  • (a) an automotive vehicle having a body and a plurality of tires, each of said tires being mounted for rotation in a different wheel well in said body;

    (b) a plurality of cut-outs formed in the body of said vehicle, each of said cut-outs being formed proximate a different one of said wheel wells;

    (c) a plurality of tire change lights, each of said lights being mounted in a different one of said cut-outs, each of said lights including(i) a stationary mounting case mounted in a concealed position in the body of said vehicle,(ii) a lamp housing mounted for reciprocation from a concealed, retracted position within said mounting case to an extended position outside the body of said vehicle,(iii) a light source mounted in said lamp housing,(iv) switch means for connecting said light source to a power source in said vehicle when said lamp housing is in said extended position, causing said light to turn on, and for disconnecting said light source from said power source when said lamp housing is in said retracted position, causing said light to turn off, and(v) a lens mounted in said lamp housing for allowing light from said light source to be emitted in the direction of one of the tires of said vehicle when said lamp housing is in said extended position.

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