Patent ID: 7448780
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: B60Q,B63B

Abstract:
1. A marine light mounting system for attaching a plurality of lights to a marine vehicle, each of the lights having a corresponding housing, the mounting system comprising: a support structure for supporting the lights on the marine vehicle, the support structure including a plurality of light mounting portions, each configured to receive a corresponding housing of one of the lights and to facilitate attachment of the corresponding housing to the support structure, the support structure being configured with at least one open area disposed between two of the light mounting portions for facilitating fluid flow through the at least one open area, each of the light mounting portions including a corresponding surface configured to cooperate with the corresponding housing such that the corresponding surface is adjacent only a portion of the corresponding housing when the light mounting portion receives the corresponding housing therein, thereby facilitating attachment of the corresponding housing to the support structure while the corresponding light is electrically wired to a power source remote from the corresponding housing.