Patent ID: 7264384

Claim:
An integrated marine vessel hardtop and navigation lighting system, for use on a vessel having an elevated hardtop covering the helm, bridge, cockpit, bow, deck or similar areas, comprising: hardtop means for covering a portion of said vessel; integral lighting means for providing navigation lights; said integral lighting means including a lens, said lens being of a translucent material allowing for substantially unimpeded light transmission; said integral lighting means further comprising an LED module having an arcuate mounting member, said mounting member including an outwardly facing curved surface; a plurality of LEDs secured to said mounting member about said curved surface; said lens including a generally arcuate void corresponding to, and complementing, said LED module curved surface; and attaching means for securing said LED module to said lens; said hardtop means including means for receiving said integral lighting means, said integral lighting means being secured and self contained within said hardtop means and coterminous therewith; whereby, said hardtop means and said integral lighting means constitute a generally unitary assembly, said integral lighting means being integrated within said hardtop means in an unobtrusive manner without protuberances.