Parking, turn signal, and side marker lamp assembly

Claim 2

A parking, turn signal, and side marker lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: a housing adapted to be vertically mounted at a frontal corner of the vehicle; a transparent lens secured to said housing and defining therewith a lamp envelope; an electrical socket mounted on said housing; a light bulb carried by said socket, said light bulb having a first filament which is intermittently energized so as to function as a signal lamp and a second filament which is steadily energized for transmitting illumination outwardly of said lens to function as a parking lamp; an elongated mirror having an arcuate cylindrical reflecting surface, said mirror being vertically disposed in said lamp envelope and fixedly secured to an interior frontal surface of said lens, said reflecting surface being positioned with respect to said light bulb so as to intercept a predetermined portion of the illumination projected by said second filament and reflect the same outwardly to the side of the vehicle to thereby function as an integral side marker lamp.

Claim 3

A parking, turn signal, and side marker lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: a housing adapted to be vertically mounted at a frontal corner of the vehicle; a generally V-shaped transparent lens secured to said housing and defining therewith a sealed lamp envelope, said lens having an outboard portion and an inboard portion; a reflector attached on said housing interior of the lamp envelope; a light source including a light bulb mounted on said reflector, said light bulb having a high intensity major filament and a low intensity minor filament, said major filament adapted to be intermittently energized for projecting illumination forwardly through said lens to function as a turn signal or hazard warning lamp, said minor filament adapted to be steadily energized for projecting illumination through said inboard portion and said outboard portion of said lens to function as a parking or clearance lamp; an elongated mirror fixedly secured to an interior surface of said lens between said inboard portion and said outboard portion, said mirror having an arcuate cylindrical reflecting surface vertically centered with respect to said lamp bulb and positioned with respect to said minor filament so as to intercept a portion of the illumination from said minor filament and reflect the same laterally outwardly of the vehicle through the outboard portion of said lens so as to function as an integral side marker lamp.

Claim 4

A parking, turn signal, and side marker lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: a housing adapted to be vertically mounted at a frontal corner of the vehicle; a generally V-shaped transparent lens secured to said housing and defining therewith a sealed lamp envelope, said lens having an outboard portion and an inboard portion; a reflector attached on said housing interior of the lamp envelope; a light source including a light bulb mounted on said reflector, said light bulb having a high intensity major filament and a low intensity minor filament, said major filament adapted to be intermittently energized for projecting illumination forwardly through said lens to function as a turn signal or hazard warning lamp, said minor filament adapted to be steadily energized for projecting illumination through said inboard portion and said outboard portion of said lens to function as a parking or clearance lamp; an elongated mirror fixedly secured to an interior surface of said lens between said inboard portion and said outboard portion, said mirror having an arcuate cylindrical reflecting surface vertically centered with respect to said lamp bulb and positioned with respect to said minor filament so as to intercept a portion of the illumination from said minor filament and reflect the same laterally outwardly of the vehicle through the outboard portion of said lens so as to function as an integral side marker lamp.

Claim 5

A multiple function lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: a housing adapted to be mounted at a corner of the vehicle; a light source carried by said housing, said light source having a first filament adapted to be steadily energized for providing a clearance lamp function and a second filament adapted to be intermittently energized for providing a signal lamp function; a transparent lens mounted on said housing in front of said light source; and an elongated mirror element vertically carried on an interior surface of the lens, said mirror element having a reflecting surface of the lens, said mirror element having a reflecting surface positioned so as to intercept a portion of the illumination projected by said first filament and redirect the same outwardly through said lens into a predetermined area transverse to the direction of vehicle travel whereby the illuminated lamp assembly provides an indication of an extreme edge of the vehicle and, in combination with other lamp assemblies, a visual indication of the overall length and width of the vehicle.

Claim 6

A multiple function lamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising: a housing adapted to be mounted at a corner of the vehicle; a light source carried by said housing, said light source having a first filament adapted to be steadily energized for providing a clearance lamp function and a second filament adapted to be intermittently energized for providing a signal lamp function; a transparent lens mounted on said housing in front of said light source; and an elongated mirror element vertically carried on an interior surface of the lens, said mirror element having a reflecting surface of the lens, said mirror element having a reflecting surface positioned so as to intercept a portion of the illumination projected by said first filament and redirect the same outwardly through said lens into a predetermined area transverse to the direction of vehicle travel whereby the illuminated lamp assembly provides an indication of an extreme edge of the vehicle and, in combination with other lamp assemblies, a visual indication of the overall length and width of the vehicle.