Automotive roof spoiler having retractable, concealable lamps

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1986-11-14

1987-11-17

Reeves, Robert B.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Accessories

296 91, 362 65, 362 66, 362 74, D12181, B62D 3500, B60Q 100

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047070145

ABSTRACT:
An automotive roof spoiler having retractable, concealable lamps particularly suitable for trucks and other vehicles used for both on-road and off-road purposes. The automotive roof spoiler includes lamps which are mounted within the roof spoiler about axes which are generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spoiler and a motor, preferably located within the roof spoiler, which rotates the lamps from a first position wherein the back surfaces of the lamps are generally parallel with the top upwardly inclined surface of the roof spoiler for on-road use to a second position wherein the front surfaces of the lamps are generally vertical and extend above the spoiler top surface for off-road use. The preferred embodiment includes covers which are hingedly attached to the spoiler adjacent the back surface and which cover the lamp openings in the top wall of the spoiler in coplanar relation when the lamps are rotated to the downward closed position for on-road use.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4159843 (1979-07-01), Crossman

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