Vehicle room floor illuminating apparatus
First Claim
1. A vehicle floor illuminating apparatus provided with at least one front seat arranged in a vehicle room, comprising:
- (a) power supplying means;
(b) at least one first foot lamp means connected to said power supplying means, for illuminating only a selected lower room space roughly below a seat cushion of the front seat in the vehicle room, said first foot lamp means being mounted in a first foot lamp range A, range A being defined by imaginary lines between uppermost and lowermost forward ends of the front seat cushion in height and between a lower surface of an instrument panel and a frontmost end of the front seat cushion in length, when seen from the side of the vehicle; and
(c) a second foot lamp mounted in the first foot lamp range A, for illuminating a front floor before the front seat and a middle floor under the front seat.
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Abstract
At least one first foot lamp is disposed on the lower surface of the instrument panel at a height roughly the same as that of the front seat cushion so as to illuminate a front floor before the front seat and a middle floor under the front seat. Further, at least one second foot lamp is disposed on the rearmost and downmost position of the front seat cushion, so as to further illuminate the middle floor under the front seat and a rear floor before the rear seat. Since the vehicle room floor is illuminated brighter than that of the upper room space, the passengers'"'"' eyes usually see the vehicle floor the farthest away from the passenger'"'"'s eyes. Therefore, they feel that the vehicle is broad and roomy and can easily pick up an object on the floor.
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7 Claims
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1. A vehicle floor illuminating apparatus provided with at least one front seat arranged in a vehicle room, comprising:
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(a) power supplying means; (b) at least one first foot lamp means connected to said power supplying means, for illuminating only a selected lower room space roughly below a seat cushion of the front seat in the vehicle room, said first foot lamp means being mounted in a first foot lamp range A, range A being defined by imaginary lines between uppermost and lowermost forward ends of the front seat cushion in height and between a lower surface of an instrument panel and a frontmost end of the front seat cushion in length, when seen from the side of the vehicle; and (c) a second foot lamp mounted in the first foot lamp range A, for illuminating a front floor before the front seat and a middle floor under the front seat. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A vehicle floor illuminating apparatus provided with at least one front seat arranged in a vehicle room, comprising:
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(a) power supplying means; (b) at least one first foot lamp means connected to said power supplying means, for illuminating only a selected lower room space roughly located below a seat cushion of the front seat in the vehicle room; (c) at least one second foot lamp means also connected to said power supplying means, for illuminating a room space located under the front seat cushion and a lower space located roughly below a seat cushion of a rear seat in the vehicle room, said second foot lamp means being mounted in a second foot lamp range B, range B being defined by imaginary lines between a lowermost position of the rear seat and a rear floor in height and between a rearmost end of the front seat cushion and a frontmost end of the rear seat cushion in length, when seen from the side of the vehicle; and (d) a third foot lamp mounted in the second foot lamp range B, for illuminating a middle floor located under the front seat cushion and a rear floor before the rear seat cushion. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A vehicle floor illuminating apparatus provided with at least one front seat arranged in a vehicle room, comprising:
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(a) power supplying means; (b) at least one first foot lamp means connected to said power supplying means, for illuminating only a selected lower room space roughly below a seat cushion of the front seat in the vehicle room; (c) optical sensor means for detecting the external brightness outside of the vehicle; and (d) control means responsive to said optical sensor means and connected between said power supplying means and said lamp means, for adjusting the brightness of said foot lamp means on the basis of the detected external brightness in such a way that the brightness of said lamp mans increases with increasing external brightness and decreases with deceasing external brightness. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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