Patent ID: 6461028
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle side bumper and signal light assembly comprising:a hollow, narrow, elongated bumper, said bumper having a front sidewall, a back sidewall fastened to one side of the body of a motor vehicle, a back chamber cut through said back sidewall, two longitudinal mounting grooves disposed in parallel at two sides of said back chamber, and a longitudinal front slot cut through said front sidewall in communication with said back chamber; a signal light circuit board disposed inside said bumper, said signal light circuit board comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes; and a transparent shell mounted in said bumper, said transparent shell comprising two coupling flanges respectively engaged into the longitudinal mounting grooves of said bumper, a receiving chamber, which receives said signal light circuit board, and a lens covering the longitudinal front slot of said bumper, said lens being comprised of a plurality of raised lens portions, said raised lens portions each having a plurality of facets adapted to refract and reflect the light of said light emitting diodes.