Bus side light system
First Claim
1. In combination, a transportation vehicle and lighting system, said combination wherein said vehicle includes on or more side doors through which passengers of the vehicle enter and exit, a light housing mounted to one side of said vehicle and positioned above at least one of said doors, said light housing including electrical lighting means for directing a wide beam of light laterally outwardly from said vehicle along the vehicle at each side and forwardly thereof, wherein said lighting means includes two sealed beam lights carried within said light housing and positioned with respect to each other in angularly displaced manner so as to produce said wide beam of light directed along the side of said vehicle and laterally outwardly from said vehicle for a distance of at least one width of said vehicle, each of said sealed beam lights including a housing having a transparent lens, said sealed beam lights carried by said light housing such that front lenses of said sealed beam lights constitutes a front face for said light housing.
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Abstract
A lighting system mounted to public transportation vehicles which includes a multiple directional light positioned above the exit door of the vehicle so as to provide illumination for the ground or pavement in front of the exit door to aid and assist passengers entering or departing the vehicle.
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2 Claims
- 1. In combination, a transportation vehicle and lighting system, said combination wherein said vehicle includes on or more side doors through which passengers of the vehicle enter and exit, a light housing mounted to one side of said vehicle and positioned above at least one of said doors, said light housing including electrical lighting means for directing a wide beam of light laterally outwardly from said vehicle along the vehicle at each side and forwardly thereof, wherein said lighting means includes two sealed beam lights carried within said light housing and positioned with respect to each other in angularly displaced manner so as to produce said wide beam of light directed along the side of said vehicle and laterally outwardly from said vehicle for a distance of at least one width of said vehicle, each of said sealed beam lights including a housing having a transparent lens, said sealed beam lights carried by said light housing such that front lenses of said sealed beam lights constitutes a front face for said light housing.
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Current AssigneeMedallion Instrumentation Systems LLC
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Original AssigneeRobert Lane
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InventorsLane, Robert
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Primary Examiner(s)Lazarus, Ira S.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Cole, Richard R.
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Application NumberUS07/335,550Time in Patent Office554 DaysField of Search362/61, 362/74, 362/76, 362/80, 362/227US Class Current362/481CPC Class CodesB60Q 1/247 for illuminating the close ...B60Q 1/2611 Indicating devices mounted ...
