Motor vehicle tail light assembly with dimmer controller

Claim 1

A light assembly for rear mounted, eye level use with motor vehicles, comprising, housing means, a plurality of light emitting devices mounted in said housing means, lens cover means mounted at said housing means and comprising a plurality of sections having different colors whereby a selected color indication is produced when at least one of said plurality of light emitting devices is selectively activated, said color indication having a recognized conventional safety characteristic to motorists, reflector means disposed in said housing means adjacent to said light emitting devices for reflecting light from said light devices outwardly through said lens cover means, control means for selectively activating said plurality of light emitting devices, said control means includes switch means for selectively activating at least one of said light emitting devices to signal to the driver of a following motor vehicle that the headlights thereof are on high beam, sensor means mounted at said housing means and connected to said control means, said sensor means operative to activate said switch when the headlights of a following motor vehicle are on high beam, and indicator means passing through said housing means whereby activation of one of more of said light emitting devices can be detected from the back said housing means.