Patent ID: 8967840
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle auxiliary lighting system (VALS) that operates in combination with a vehicle having a battery, a set of tires mounted onto a set of spoked vehicle wheels, a left front disk brake and a right front disk brake, wherein each disk brake includes a stationary dust plate having an inner surface and an outer surface, a left rear drum brake and a right rear drum brake, wherein each drum brake includes a stationary back plate having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a vehicle light control circuit that produces a VALS activation signal that is dependent upon the operation of a vehicle turn which is selectively positioned to produce either a left front turn signal and a left rear turn signal or a right front turn signal and a right rear turn signal, a vehicle brake pedal that when depressed produces a left rear brake signal and a right rear brake signal, a vehicle gear shift lever that when placed in reverse produces a left rear reverse signal and a right rear reverse signal, and vehicle light switches that when activated selectively illuminates the vehicle running lights and hazard lights, wherein said VALS comprises a set of stationary light enclosures that are each attached by an attachment means to the inner surface of a stationary dust plate, wherein each said light enclosure remains in a stationary position while each vehicle wheel rotates allowing the light from said light enclosure to pass through the rotating wheel spokes, wherein said set of stationary light enclosures are comprised of: a) a left front light enclosure attached to the inner surface of the left front stationary dust plate, said enclosure having a left turn indicator, a left front running light indicator and a left front hazard light indicator, b) a right front light enclosure attached to the inner surface of the right front stationary dust plate, said enclosure having a right turn indicator, a right front running light indicator and a right front hazard light indicator, c) a left rear light enclosure attached to the inner surface of the stationary left rear back plate, said enclosure having a left turn indicator, a reverse indicator, a left rear running light indicator, a left rear hazard light indicator and a left rear brake indicator, and d) a right rear light enclosure attached to the inner surface of the stationary right rear back plate, said enclosure having a right turn indicator, a brake indicator, a reverse indicator, a hazard light indicator and a right rear running light indicator, wherein when the VALS activation signal is applied from the vehicle light control circuit, the respective indicator on the respective light enclosure illuminates in synchrony with the corresponding vehicle light, wherein said VALS provide side viewing lights that add an additional margin of safety to both pedestrians and other motorists.