Patent ID: 6043739
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A lighting apparatus for use in connection with second division vehicles engaged in hazardous operations, said apparatus comprising a housing having apertures for support of lighting units, said housing being of integral construction and having a means for providing an electrical current from said second division vehicle to corresponding lighting units in said housing, said housing of rectangular construction so as to have a length greater than a width and being of a length about equal to the width of said second division vehicle, said housing having two peripheral edges, a front and rear surface, a centerline running parallel to said length so as to divide said apparatus into upper and lower halves and a mid section about midway between said peripheral edges; said housing having a central lighting array of at least three vertically oriented lighting units, each of said vertically oriented lighting units in parallel relationship to one another and each of said vertically oriented lighting units in connection with said rear surface of said housing, said central lighting array in connection with said midsection of said housing, said vertically oriented lighting units of red color; a second lighting array in connection with said front of said housing and having at least three vertically disposed lighting units in parallel relation to one another and said second array having lights of amber color; a first pair of peripheral lighting units each in connection with said peripheral edges of said housing, said first pair of peripheral lighting units of red color and a second pair of peripheral lighting units in connection with said peripheral edges of said housing, said second pair of peripheral lighting units of amber color; said peripheral lighting units extending around said peripheral edges of said housing.