Patent ID: 6273378
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
A vehicle auxiliary-lamp mounting assembly adapted to be used in combination with a vehicle auxiliary lamp located within a lamp housing having an upper surface, a lower surface, a front light-emitting section, a rear section having an electrical connector attached to a vehicle's power source, a right vertical side and a left vertical side each having a threaded bore, said vehicle auxiliary lamp mounting assembly comprising:a) a lamp housing bracket configured as an inverted U-section having a horizontal member with an upper surface and a lower surface, a right vertical member and a left vertical member, wherein all members have a outer edge and an inner edge, wherein from the substantial center of the inner edge of the horizontal member extends inward an integral tab having an upper surface, a lower surface, a right edge and a left edge, wherein the right and left vertical members each having an elongated vertical slot dimensioned to be juxtaposed and aligned respectively with the threaded bores on the right and left vertical sides of said lamp housing, wherein when a bolt is inserted through the slots and threaded into the threaded bores said lamp housing bracket can be vertically and angularly aligned and secured to said lamp housing,b) a resilient latch insert attached, by an attachment means, to said lamp housing bracket, andc) a lamp-housing mounting bracket incorporating a latch receptor having means for receiving, securing and releasing said resilient latch insert, and means for adjustably attached to a vehicle structure, wherein said vehicle auxiliary-lamp mounting assembly allows a vehicle auxiliary-lamp to be mounted adjacent to a corner of the vehicle structure.