Patent ID: 7834750

Claim:
A tailgate safety light assembly, said tailgate safety light assembly comprising: a pickup truck tailgate; and a tailgate safety light; wherein said tailgate safety light is selected from a group consisting of: incorporated into a top surface of said pickup truck tailgate as a slide-able assembly comprising a tailgate light frame, wherein said tailgate safety light is disposed upon a free end of the said tailgate light frame and slides outward via said tailgate light frame, wherein said tailgate light frame positions said tailgate safety light spacially from said top surface of said tailgate, wherein the light is positioned proximate an overhanging end of an overhanging cargo object extending outward from a cargo section of a pickup; wherein said tailgate safety light frame slides outward, and rotates downward into a generally vertical orientation and the light emits rearward when in a lowered position; and incorporated into an outer sheet metal surface of said pickup truck tailgate as a rotating assembly, wherein said tailgate safety light rotating downward and the light emits rearward when in a rotated position.