Brake light assembly

• US 5,255,165 A
• Filed: 09/24/1992
• Issued: 10/19/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John M. Cail
• Original Assignee: John M. Cail
• Inventors: Cail, John M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cole, Richard R.
• Application Number:
  US07/949,990
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 362/80.1, 362/61, 362/382, 362/397, 362/458, 362/227, 362/236, 362/249, 362/250, 340/467
• US Class Current: 362/541
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/442 visible on the front side of the vehicle, e.g. for pedestrians

Abstract

A brake light assembly in the form of a rectangularly shaped housing is adapted to be mounted on the inside surface of the front windshield of an automobile or similar vehicle. The assembly includes a reflective lens facing forward, a series of lamps configured in a column and mounted within the housing behind the lens, a power cord for attachment to the vehicle'"'"'s conventional brake light circuit, and a pair of suction cups for affixing the assembly to the inside surface of the vehicle windshield. In an alternative arrangement, a flexible rim is provided on the anterior of the housing for blocking light leaks which might interfere with the driver'"'"'s normal vision, and which furthermore, includes an activatable adhesive for affixing the housing rim to the inside surface of the windshield.

Claims

1. A new and improved brake light assembly for a vehicle comprising:

a housing, said housing having a light transmitting lens, illumination means in said housing,

conductor means adapted to be connected between said illumination means and a brake light circuit of said vehicle, and

means for mounting said housing on a front windshield inside surface of said vehicle, wherein said mounting means comprises a rim of flexible material peripherally surrounding said light transmitting lens, said rim having a hollow space therein, passage means between said hollow space and an exterior of said rim, encapsulated liquid means in said hollow space, and puncture means for perforating said encapsulation and causing said liquid adhesive to flow through said passage means upon flexure of said rim.

2. A new and improved brake light assembly for a vehicle comprising:

a pair of housings, each said housing having a light transmitting lens, illumination means in said housing, conductor means adapted to be connected between said illumination means and a brake light circuit of said vehicle,

means for mounting each said housing on a front windshield inside surface of said vehicle,

wherein said illumination means comprises a series of individual lamp units mounted inside each said housing and being wired in series with said conductor means, and

wherein each said housing is rectangularly shaped and has a major elongated extent defined by a longitudinal axis of the housing, and said lamps units are mounted in each said housing one above another along said longitudinal axis to form a column such that said pair of housings are adapted to be affixed to the front windshield of said vehicle with the longitudinal axis of each housing being positioned orthogonal to a transverse extent of said windshield and with each said housing in said pair being located proximal to opposed side edges of said windshield, respectively.