Patent ID: 6685347
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: E05Y,G03B,G09F

Abstract:
A gobo projector accessory for a vehicle, for projecting an image stored on a gobo from the vehicle onto a portion of a surface below the vehicle, comprising a cylindrical body having a light source at one end and a reflector for directing light towards an opposite end of the cynical body, a window housing located at the opposite end of the cylindrical body, the window housing compromising a pair of parallel plates connected tangentially to the sides of the cylindrical body and extending downwardly in parallel relation and terminating in a window opening, a window covering the window opening in an airtight manner, a pivotal mirror located in the window housing and adapted to intercept light beams from the light source and direct them downwardly through the window, a pair of lenses interposed between the mirror and the light source, a transparent heat shield located in the cylindrical body adjacent the light source, a slotted opening in said cylindrical body for receiving therein a gobo disc adjacent the heat shield and a flat bracket have pre-punched holes to permit attachment thereof to the underside of the vehicle, a first clamp mounted at an end of the bracket and second clamp mounted intermediate the ends of the bracket, the clamps being adapted to engage the cylindrical body of the projector and hold it against the bracket, a protuberance located adjacent at an end of the bracket opposite from the end at which the first clamp is attached forbearing against the projector to minimize vibration thereof.