Visor emergency lighting apparatus

• US 4,912,607 A
• Filed: 04/17/1989
• Issued: 03/27/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mark D. Kocsi, Robert W. Kocsi
• Original Assignee: Mark D. Kocsi, Robert W. Kocsi
• Inventors: Kocsi, Mark D., Kocsi, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cole, Richard R.
• Application Number:
  US07/339,220
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 362/61, 362/74, 362/80.1, 362/135, 362/140, 362/142, 362/144, 362/269, 340/471, 340/472, 296/97.1, 296/97.5, 296/97.2, 296/97.6, 224/312
• US Class Current: 362/492
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/268 on windscreens or windows B60Q1/302 takes precedence; lighting devices for vehicle interior on or for windows B60Q3/208
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/544 for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle occupants, e.g. for indicating disabled occupants

Abstract

A vehicular visor emergency lighting apparatus includes a pivotally mounted visor including a visor member pivotally mounted to an elongate axle wherein a visor frame work slidably receives colored panels corresponding to emergency vehicle colorations within opposed planar sides of the visor framework. Positioned between the colored panels are a series of strobe lights and a sequencing member to effect sequencing of the lights to flash between respective pairs of the colored panels defining the exterior surfaces of the visor. A covering is slidably received over the visor to protect the panels during periods of non-use.

Claims

1. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus comprising,

a visor body defined by a planar forward face spaced parallel to and aligned with with a planar rear face, and

an elongate cylindrical housing coextensively formed to said visor body including an axle means rotatably mounted within said cylindrical housing for enabling rotation of said visor body from a first horizontal position to a second vertical position, and

a first and second pair of spaced translucent panels, the first and second pairs of panels defined by a respective first top panel and a first bottom panel and a second top and a second bottom panel wherein the panels are mounted in parallel spaced relationship to one another within the visor body.

2. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of the panels are slidably received within the visor body for selective replacement of the panels.

3. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein the first pair of panels is of a first coloration and wherein the second pair of panels is of a second coloration.

4. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 3 further including a first series of lights aligned with one another and spaced medially of the first top panel and the first bottom panel within the visor body, and a second series of aligned lights spaced medially of the second top panel and the second bottom panel within the visor body, and power cord means for electrically communicating the first and second series of lights to electrical power source to provide selective illumination of the lights.

5. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 4 further including a mercury switch formed within the visor body and within the power cord to provide power to the first and second series of lights when the visor is in the second position, and to continue electrical power to the first and second series of lights when the visor body is in the first position.

6. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein the visor body includes a first leg and a second leg spaced parallel to one another and slidingly receiving the first top panel and the first bottom panel, and the second leg and a third leg formed parallel to one another and slidingly receiving the second top panel and the second bottom panel, and the first leg, second leg, and third leg formed of equal length and spaced parallel to one another and orthogonally oriented relative to the cylindrical housing.

7. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 6 wherein a first "V" shaped reflector within its apex aligned with the first series of lights is formed within the visor body and secured to the first leg, and a second "V" shaped reflector body wi&

h its apex aligned with the first series of lights formed within the visor body and secured to the second leg, and a third "V" shaped reflector body formed within the visor body and mounted to the second leg in an opposed relationship to the second "V" shaped reflector body and formed with an apex aligned with the second series of lights, and a fourth "V" shaped reflector body formed with apex aligned with the second series of lights and mounted to the third leg, wherein the first reflector body, second reflector body, third reflector body, and fourth reflector body are each coextensively aligned and parallel to one another within the visor body.

8. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 7 further including a sequencing means electrically communicating with the first series of lights and the second series of lights to effect alternative illumination of the first series of lights and the second series of lights within the respective first pair of panels and the second pair of panels.

9. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 8 wherein the first, second, and third legs are formed with respective grooves to receive the respective panels slidingly therewith.

10. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 9 including a further switch to selectively de-energize the first and second series of lights mounted within the power cord remote from the visor body.

11. A vehicular visor lighting apparatus as set forth in claim 10 further including a cover slidably mounted over said visor body to afford protection of the visor body and formed with an internal configuration complementary to that of the external configuration of the visor body.