Patent ID: 7954986

Claim:
A vehicle light comprising: a housing having a front open end opened in an illumination direction; a light source disposed within the housing; a reflecting surface disposed within the housing and configured to reflect light from the light source towards the illumination direction, the reflecting surface being concave toward the illumination direction; and an outer lens disposed in front of the reflecting surface and configured to hermetically close the front open end of the housing, the outer lens having an inner surface and an outer surface and at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface includes a coating, the outer lens further having a coating determination portion, the coating determination portion including a first area which is textured as compared to immediately adjacent areas and a second area which is adjacent to the first area side by side on a same plane and is smooth as compared to the first area, and the coating determination portion being disposed on at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the outer lens, and the coating being applied to at least part of both the first area and the second area.