Patent ID: 7775695

Claim:
A multi-functional vehicle lighting assembly for illuminating at least one target zone located external to an existing vehicle, said multi-functional vehicle lighting assembly comprising: a controller; a housing coupled to the existing vehicle; a plurality of light-emitting sources attached to said housing; means for selectively pivoting said light-emitting sources between vertical and horizontal positions that are defined at opposed ends of a first arcuate path; and means for selectively swiveling said light-emitting sources along clockwise and counter clockwise directions when said light-emitting sources are adapted to the vertical position, said clockwise and counter clockwise directions traveling along second arcuate paths; wherein said controller independently toggles said pivoting means and said swiveling means between operating and non-operating modes based upon a user input; wherein said pivoting means comprises a motor electrically coupled to said controller; a drive shaft connected to said motor and being rotatable along a first rotational path; a drive gear concentrically mated about said drive shaft and being rotatable in sync therewith; a driven shaft being rotatable along a second rotational path; and a driven gear concentrically mated about said driven shaft and being rotatable in sync therewith; wherein said drive gear is directly engaged with said driven gear and arranged in such a manner therewith that said driven shaft is caused to rotate about said second rotational path when said drive gear is rotated about the first rotational path such that said light-emitting sources are pivoted along said first arcuate path and thereby articulated to opposed positions defined interior and exterior of said housing respectively.