Patent ID: 6682210
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A tip up integrated light bar assembly comprising:frame means mountable to the top of a vehicle for connecting transversely opposite end assemblies; a first integrated light bar comprising a first elongated array of warning lights mounted to a first rigid substrate having first and second ends and covered by a plurality of lens elements, said lens elements together at least partially defining a water resistant enclosure surrounding said array of warning lights, said first integrated light bar hingedly mounted to one of said end assemblies adjacent said first end and movable between a horizontal position and a vertical position wherein said second end is displaced over an arc of approximately 90Â° relative to said horizontal position; a second integrated light bar comprising a second elongated array of warning lights mounted to a second rigid substrate having first and second ends and covered by a plurality of lens elements, said lens elements together at least partially defining a water resistant enclosure surrounding said array of warning lights, said second integrated light bar hingedly mounted to the other of said end assemblies adjacent said first end and movable between a horizontal position and a vertical position wherein said second end is displaced over an arc of approximately 90Â° relative to said horizontal position; and motor-driven actuator means for displacing said first and second light bars between said horizontal and said vertical positions; wherein each of said end assemblies comprises a base that defines a pivot point for the first end of one of said first or second rigid substrates, said base including a bumper spaced apart from said pivot point, said bumper supporting the second end of the other of said first or second rigid substrates when in said horizontal position.