Patent ID: 6827472
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B60H,B60Q

Abstract:
A combination light fixture, HVAC duct and advertising card holder for public transportation vehicles, the vehicles having at least one sidewall and a roof, said combination light fixture, HVAC duct, and advertising card holder comprising:a roof-mounted light fixture having a reflector and a housing mounted along the length of said roof, said housing having an inboard mounting portion and an outboard lamp portion, said outboard lamp portion having a fixed female portion of a detachable hinge at its lower inboard end; a combined ventilating and advertising panel having an upper end and a lower end and having an upper ventilation portion extending downward from said upper end, a concave advertising panel card display portion, and a horizontal base ventilation portion extending to said lower end; said panel upper end having a male detachable hinge portion of such configuration and dimensions as to detachably fit within said female detachable hinge portion for alternate upward rotation to a closed position and downward rotation to an open position; and a sidewall mounted flange for removable attachment to said combined panel at its said horizontal base portion lower end when said combined panel is in a closed position; whereby said combined panel serves as a duct for moving air and an outer lighted surface for display of advertising cards; whereby said combined panel may be detached at its lower end from said sidewall and rotated downward on said hinge for service access to said duct or removed entirely; and whereby said combined panel may be rotated upward and re-attached to said sidewall.