Illumination – Sound equipment illuminator
Patent
1994-07-14
1996-06-18
Husar, Stephen F.
Illumination
Sound equipment illuminator
362267, B60Q 100
Patent
active
055284680
ABSTRACT:
A lighting fixture for attachment to a door post of an automobile having automobile electric circuitry includes a boot member for fitting against the door post, a mounting plate for fitting over the boot and including a light socket receiving structure, structure for securing the plate to the door post, so that the boot member is retained between the plate and the door post, a light socket for insertion into the light socket receiving structure, a light source for insertion into the light socket, a lens for removably securing over the plate with lens securing fasteners, and a fixture circuit for electrically connecting the light socket to the automobile electric circuitry. The socket preferably includes a socket screw having a screw head end and a light bulb receiving recess in the screw head end, and having an axial bore through which a positive fixture lead wire is fitted for electrically connecting the base of a light bulb with the automobile electric circuitry. A method is provided of installing the above-described light fixture on an automobile having a door post, and a door with a door frame, automobile circuitry and a tail light and a tail light lead wire, including the steps of marking a desired light fixture location on the door post, cutting away a portion of the door flange to form a notch which registers with the desired light fixture location, securing the boot and the plate to the door post, connecting the fixture lead wire to the automobile circuitry.
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