Automobile signal lamp
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1. An automobile high-mount stop lamp for mounting on the inside of a rear window of an automobile, comprising:
- an outer lens member having a top plate portion and a front surface portion formed integrally with said top plate portion and depending downward from a front edge of said top plate portion, a plurality of spaced pawl pieces projecting from a lower end of said front surface portion, and a plurality of downward projecting receptacle pieces disposed along a rear edge of said top plate portion having retaining openings formed therein, said top plate portion, said front surface portion, said pawl pieces and said receptacle pieces being molded integrally with one another;
a body member having a base plate portion, a rear plate portion extending vertically upward from a rear end of said base plate portion, side plate portions extending vertically upward from opposite side edges of said base plate portions and connected to respective side edges of said rear plate portion, an extended portion extending forward from a front edge of said base portion with a rear facing step being formed between said base plate portion and said extended portion, a plurality of spaced retaining openings being formed in said base plate portion adjacent said step each receiving a respective one of said pawl pieces of said outer lens member, a plurality of spaced pawl members formed along an upper edge of a rear surface of said rear plate projecting rearward and with each received in a respective one of said retaining openings of said lens member, and a plurality of rearward projecting mounting pieces formed on said rear plate portion, said base plate portion, said rear plate portion, said side plate portions, said extended portion, and said pawl members being molded integrally with one another; and
a light source member disposed in a space between said outer lens member and said base member.
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An automobile signal lamp being mounted on the inside of a rear window of an automobile and including a lens member, a body member and a light source member which is disposed in a space defined between the lens member and the body member. Connecting portions are integrally formed on respective lens member and the body member, and which portions cooperate in connecting the lens member with the body member.
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1. An automobile high-mount stop lamp for mounting on the inside of a rear window of an automobile, comprising:
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an outer lens member having a top plate portion and a front surface portion formed integrally with said top plate portion and depending downward from a front edge of said top plate portion, a plurality of spaced pawl pieces projecting from a lower end of said front surface portion, and a plurality of downward projecting receptacle pieces disposed along a rear edge of said top plate portion having retaining openings formed therein, said top plate portion, said front surface portion, said pawl pieces and said receptacle pieces being molded integrally with one another; a body member having a base plate portion, a rear plate portion extending vertically upward from a rear end of said base plate portion, side plate portions extending vertically upward from opposite side edges of said base plate portions and connected to respective side edges of said rear plate portion, an extended portion extending forward from a front edge of said base portion with a rear facing step being formed between said base plate portion and said extended portion, a plurality of spaced retaining openings being formed in said base plate portion adjacent said step each receiving a respective one of said pawl pieces of said outer lens member, a plurality of spaced pawl members formed along an upper edge of a rear surface of said rear plate projecting rearward and with each received in a respective one of said retaining openings of said lens member, and a plurality of rearward projecting mounting pieces formed on said rear plate portion, said base plate portion, said rear plate portion, said side plate portions, said extended portion, and said pawl members being molded integrally with one another; and a light source member disposed in a space between said outer lens member and said base member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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