Headlamp assemblies

Claim 1

A head lamp assembly for a road vehicle including, a support member arranged to be secured to the body of a road vehicle, a headlamp carrier, a headlamp secured to said headlamp carrier, means pivotally mounting said headlamp carrier on said support member for movement between a first inoperative position wherein a part associated with the headlamp carrier constitutes part of the exterior surface of the body of the vehicle and the headlamp is enclosed by the body of the vehicle, and a second operative position wherein the optical axis of the headlamp extends longitudinally of the vehicle and at least a lens of the headlamp is exposed, latch means, including parts on the headlamp carrier and the support member respectively, one of said parts being a latch bolt movable between a position wherein the latCh bolt serves to retain the headlamp carrier in either of said first and second positions, and a position wherein the headlamp carrier is free to pivot relative to the support member, a solenoid device, means coupling the solenoid device to the latch bolt so that the latch bolt is moved in one direction by operation of the solenoid device, and, manually operable means whereby said latch bolt can be moved manually.