Patent ID: 7575349
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: B60Q,G09F

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle having a rearwardly facing exterior surface, said vehicle comprising: a housing having a light transmissive screen presented in a rearwardly facing direction; a primary visible light source producing a preponderance of visible light disposed in said housing for projecting visible light along a path toward said light transmissive screen; phosphor-coated indicia disposed on a non-opaque support surface in said housing and positioned in said light path so that visible light projected by said primary visible light source passes through both said phosphor-coated indicia and said non-opaque support surface on its path toward said light transmissive screen; a secondary ultraviolet light source producing a preponderance of UV light within said housing and selectively energized for projecting UV light onto said phosphor-coated indicia to produce a visually interesting display through said light transmissive screen to viewers positioned rearwardly of said vehicle; wherein said phosphor-coated indicia is transparent and substantially invisible in the non-energized state so as to be practically undetectable to an outside observer; and wherein said vehicle includes a rear window, said light transmissive screen being visible through said rear window and said primary visible light source being operable with a brake light system.