Patent ID: 7025481
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B60Q,F21S,F21V,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicular lighting system comprising: an elongated mounting base having a body, said body having a central portion with a central bearing surface for contacting a mounting surface, said body including a pair of flanges having upwardly depending portions extending from said central portion and downwardly depending portions extending from said central portion, said downwardly depending portions forming bearing surfaces spaced from said central bearing surface for contacting the mounting surface, and said central portion having an elongated groove opposed from said central bearing surface, said elongated groove extending along said base, said elongated groove and inner surfaces of said flanges defining an elongated receptacle; and a flexible light strip positioned and retained in said receptacle by said flanges, said light strip being substantially contained within said receptacle, and said light strip comprising a substantially transparent polymeric body and a plurality of light sources encapsulated in said polymeric body, and said light strip having contacts for electrically coupling said light sources to a power supply.