Patent ID: 6783267
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
An electric light assembly carried by a vehicle having a bed and an electrical power source, a rigid cover over said bed, said cover including a door pivotally attached to said cover and shiftable between a closed position and an open position relative to said bed, said light assembly comprising:a light fixture, including an electric light, carried by said cover; a magnetic switch electrically interposed between said light and said power source, said magnetic switch including a switch part carried by one of said door and said covering, and a magnetic source carried by the other of said door and said covering; said switch part and said magnetic source being positioned relative to each other such that when said door is in its said closed position, said magnetic switch causes said light to be in an off state, and when said door is in its said open position, said magnetic switch causes said light to be in an on state; a second switch interposed between said light and said power source, said second switch having a first switched position electrically connecting said light to said magnetic switch and a second switched position electrically connecting light to said power source; whereby when said second switch is in said first switched position, said light is either in its said on or off state as controlled by said magnetic switch, and when said second switch is in said second switched position, said light is on independent of said magnetic switch.