Patent ID: 6616311
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B60Q,F21V

Abstract:
An interior light system for vehicles comprising:an enclosure defining an interior space and having a pair of support shafts protruding from opposite sides of the enclosure into said interior space; a lamp operatively accommodated in said enclosure; a push switch positioned within the interior space of the enclosure and operatively connected to the lamp for turning the lamp on and off; and a lens plate covering the interior space of the enclosure and the lamp and switch positioned therewithin, wherein said lens plate includes (i) a pair of bearing elements extending from a back side of the lens plate into said interior space of the enclosure, each of said bearing elements being journaled to a respective one of the support shafts so as to allow the lens plate to rotate thereabout between depressed and non-depressed conditions, and (ii) a lens control element positionally opposed to the switch so as to operate the switch in response to the lens plate being rotated into its depressed condition, wherein the lamp is turned on and off.