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Motor vehicle accessory component having modular light assembly

  • US 9,975,470 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2015
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle accessory component for a vehicle comprising:

  • a rigid structural member having a channel extending along a full length thereof and forming an opening along an exterior surface thereof, the structural member being attachable to the vehicle to extend along a body surface area of the vehicle, the channel including a pair of inwardly projecting ledges and opposing ends;

    a support component for securing the structural member to the vehicle;

    a modular light assembly having a frame, at least one optical element secured to the frame, and electrical cabling in communication with the optical element and adapted to be coupled to a power source, to enable the optical element to be supplied with power from the power source, the frame having a cross sectional shape which is complementary to a cross sectional shape of the channel so that the frame of the modular light assembly is slidably insertable, as an entire subassembly, from at least one end of the structural member into the channel of the structural member and fully supported within the channel by the inwardly projecting ledges; and

    the frame including at least one opening aligned with the opening formed by the channel, over which the optical element is positioned when the modular light assembly is inserted into the channel of the structural member, to thus allow the optical element to provide illumination out through the opening in the channel to an area adjacent the vehicle when the optical element is powered on.

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