Illumination – Supported by vehicle structure – Automobile
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-21
2001-07-24
Husar, Stephen (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Supported by vehicle structure
Automobile
C362S523000, C362S371000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06264354
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to automotive lighting and more particularly pertains to a new supplemental automotive lighting for increasing the effective illumination of an area in front of a vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of automotive lighting is known in the prior art. More specifically, automotive lighting heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,195,816; 5,788,363; 5,611,510; 5,311,411; 5,685,631; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 400,991; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 407,168; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,727,865; 4,485,430; and 6666.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new supplemental automotive lighting. The inventive device includes a housing. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls such that at least one compartment is defined by the walls. Each of the side walls has a pair of arcuate slots therein. Each pair arcuate slots are spaced and lie along an edge of a common circle. A headlight may be placed in the compartment. A bracket means pivotally secures the housing to the bumper. The bracket means comprises a base portion. The base portion is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A pair of leg portions is integral to and extends in parallel direction away from one of the ends of the base portion such that the bracket means is generally U-shaped. A bore extends through a central portion of the base portion. A fastener may extend through the bore into the bumper of the vehicle. Each of the leg portions has a pair of holes therein. The holes are positioned such that each of the holes are alignable with one of the slots in the side walls. Each of a plurality of fastening means for removably fastening the legs to the side walls extends through one of the holes and a respective slot.
In these respects, the supplemental automotive lighting according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of increasing the effective illumination of an area in front of a vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of automotive lighting now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new supplemental automotive lighting construction wherein the same can be utilized for increasing the effective illumination of an area in front of a vehicle.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the automotive lighting mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new supplemental automotive lighting which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art automotive lighting, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a housing. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls such that at least one compartment is defined by the walls. Each of the side walls has a pair of arcuate slots therein. Each pair arcuate slots are spaced and lie along an edge of a common circle. A headlight may be placed in the compartment. A bracket means pivotally secures the housing to the bumper. The bracket means comprises a base portion. The base portion is elongate and has a first end and a second end. A pair of leg portions is integral to and extends in parallel direction away from one of the ends of the base portion such that the bracket means is generally U-shaped. A bore extends through a central portion of the base portion. A fastener may extend through the bore into the bumper of the vehicle. Each of the leg portions has a pair of holes therein. The holes are positioned such that each of the holes are alignable with one of the slots in the side walls. Each of a plurality of fastening means for removably fastening the legs to the side walls extends through one of the holes and a respective slot.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the automotive lighting mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new supplemental automotive lighting which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art automotive lighting, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such supplemental automotive lighting economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new supplemental automotive lighting for increasing the effective illumination of an area in front of a vehicle.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new s
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