Patent ID: 8403524
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: F21L,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A lighting system for a vehicle maintenance platform, the vehicle maintenance platform useable for maintenance activities underneath a vehicle, wherein the vehicle maintenance platform comprises: a support structure, the support structure having at least three sides, a plurality of wheels attached to the support structure for rolling the support structure on a surface, and a body support member disposed on the support structure to allow a mechanic to lie thereon, and wherein the lighting system comprises: a frame structure capable of being detachably coupled to the vehicle maintenance platform, said frame structure of said lighting system comprising at least three walls, the walls forming a continuous channel that extends along the entire frame structure, a plurality of light sources disposed in the channel, the plurality of light sources arranged in at least three linear arrays the frame structure being bent in at least two locations along the entire frame structure such that at least three of the at least three sides of the support structure have a linear array disposed adjacent thereto, the plurality of light sources configured to illuminate a target region underneath the vehicle; a rechargeable power source electrically connected to the plurality of light sources, the rechargeable power source capable of providing electrical power to the plurality of light sources, wherein the plurality of light source is capable of emitting light to illuminate a target region underneath the vehicle while the maintenance activities; and a lens arrangement disposed over the channel, wherein the lens arrangement is configured to focus light emitted from the plurality of light sources onto the target region.