Patent ID: 8092055

Claim:
An apparatus for illuminating a vehicle, comprising: an illuminable extruded tubular lens within a mast; a plurality of arrays of paired LEDs within said illuminable extruded tubular lens; a base assembly to which said mast is connected; a control box incorporated into said base assembly with a printed wiring assembly into which is integrated a programmable microprocessor, a power source for said plurality of arrays of paired LEDs and the microprocessor, and a switch for turning on and off said plurality of arrays of paired LEDs; mounting means incorporated into said base assembly for attaching said base assembly to a mounting point on the vehicle; a handle member incorporated into said base assembly that, by means of a detent joint formed within the base assembly, allows said mast to be raised and lowered pivotally between a vertical operating position and a horizontal position parallel to a longitudinal frame of the vehicle on which the apparatus has been mounted.