Interior vehicle light

- Ramco Industries, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side perspective of an interior vehicle light design according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image of the view in FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment in FIG. 7, the left side elevational view being a mirror image of the view in FIG. 8;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of a third embodiment thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view thereof, with the front being the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof, wherein the top is the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view of a fourth embodiment thereof, the left side is elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof, wherein the top is the same as the second embodiment shown in FIG. 7.

The rear of the second embodiment and front of the second and fourth embodiments are the same as the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 respectively, and the rear of the fourth embodiment is the same as the third embodiment shown in FIG. 11. The broken lines are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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  • A perspective, top plan view, bottom plan view, right side view, left side view and end view, respectively, of a vehicle interior reading light deemed to be prior art to one aspect of the claimed invention. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. Perspective views taken generally from the top side and bottom side, respectively, of a vehicle interior reading light deemed to be prior art to one aspect of the claimed invention. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. Perspective views taken generally from the top side and bottom side, respectively, of a set of prior art vehicle interior reading lights having the same general application and function of one or more aspects of the claimed invention. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. P. 37, J. C. Whitney & Co. Catalog No. 466 C, published in 1986 in the USA. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. P. 111, J. C. Whitney & Co. Catalog, published in 1986 in the USA. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. Page unknown, J. C. Whitney & Co. Catalog, published in 1983 in the USA. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. Photograph of unknown origin illustrating perspective views taken generally from the top side of a plurality of prior art vehicle interior reading lights of the same general application and function as the claimed invention. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. Page unknown, LeMann Importers Catalog, published in 1984 in the USA. prior to Dec. 29, 1992. Page unknown, Hubmann, Inc. Catalog, published in 1983 in the USA. prior to Dec. 29, 1992.
Patent History
Patent number: D358674
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 29, 1992
Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
Assignee: Ramco Industries, Inc. (Elkhart, IN)
Inventor: J. Edward Ramsey (Elkhart, IN)
Primary Examiner: James M. Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Marcus Jackson
Law Firm: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton
Application Number: 0/3,153
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