Patent ID: 6379028
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A supplemental reverse lighting apparatus adapted to be connected to a vehicle's trailer hitch comprising:a housing; said housing having at least a first opening therein; a lamp assembly; said lamp assembly adapted to be electrically connected to the vehicle's reverse lighting circuit; a portion of said lamp assembly received in said first opening; a shank; said shank extending from said housing; said shank engageable with the vehicle's trailer hitch for securing the apparatus to the vehicle; a second opening in said housing; a second lamp assembly, a portion of said second lamp assembly received in said second opening; said housing includes first and second partial shells; said first and second partial shells removable from one another; said first and second openings being in said first partial shell; said shank extending from said second partial shell; said first partial shell has a front wall; said first and second openings being in said front wall; said front wall having first and second non-coplanar sections; said first opening being in said first section and said second opening being in said second section; said first and second sections being on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of said shank; the planes formed by the outside surfaces of said first and second sections facing below and away from the longitudinal axis of said shank, whereby light from said lamp assemblies will provide useful illumination past the rear of the vehicle.