Patent ID: 6042252
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A mounting device for mounting an illumination arrangement on a vehicle at several mounting points whereby said illumination arrangement at one of said mounting points is pivotable about an axis between a turned-in position and a turned-out position, said mounting device comprising a receiving part arranged on said vehicle and having at least one concavely curved shell-shaped region extending in planes perpendicular to said pivoting axis; at least one portion provided on said illumination arrangement and convexly curved in planes extending perpendicular to said pivoting axis, said at least one portion in said turned-out position of said illumination arrangement being insertable in or withdrawable from said at least one shell region in a mounting direction and opposite to the mounting direction correspondingly, said at least one portion being arranged in said at least one shell region so as to be slidingly displaceable so that during a pivoting about said pivoting axis a sliding displacement of said portion over said region is performed.