Patent ID: 6923562
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A headlight assembly comprising: a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and an open front, said top, bottom and rear walls cooperating to define a housing cavity within said housing; a reflector located within said housing cavity, said reflector including a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and an open front, said top, bottom and rear walls cooperating to define a reflector cavity within said reflector, said reflector being connected to said housing by at a pivot such that said reflector is rotatable and vertically adjustable about a pivot axis; a vertical adjuster mechanism including an adjustment member having a first end accessible from outside said housing cavity and a second end located within said housing cavity, said adjustment member being coupled to said housing and moveable between advanced and retracted positions relative to said housing cavity, said adjuster mechanism further including portions defining a channel located within said housing cavity and said portions being fixedly connected to said reflector, said second end of said adjustment member being received within said channel for relative movement therein; and whereby movement of said adjustment member between said advanced and retracted positions causes said reflector to be vertically adjusted as said second end moves within said channel.