License plate frame with emergency lighting

摘要

A license plate frame assembly a housing and a first plurality of lighting elements. The housing is adapted for mounting to a vehicle and has first and second generally opposed pairs of side members defining a central aperture dimensioned for a vehicle license plate to be visible therethrough. Each of the first pair of side members defines a first plurality of lighting element apertures therein. The first plurality of lighting elements is arranged in the housing under the first plurality of lighting element apertures, and mounted in the housing such that light emitted thereby from the first pair of side members is oriented along intersecting first axes at acute angles relative to a plane of the vehicle license plate.

主权项

1. A license plate frame assembly comprising:
a housing for mounting to a vehicle, the housing having first and second generally opposed pairs of side members defining a central aperture dimensioned for a vehicle license plate lying in a vehicle license plate plane to be visible therethrough, each of the first pair of side members defining a first plurality of lighting element apertures therein; a first plurality of lighting elements arranged in the housing under the first plurality of lighting element apertures; wherein each of the first pair of side members includes an inclined surface in which the first plurality of lighting element apertures are defined, the inclined surface forming an acute angle with respect to the vehicle license plate plane; and wherein the first plurality of lighting elements are mounted in the housing such that light emitted thereby through the first plurality of lighting element apertures is oriented along first axes at acute angles relative to the vehicle license plate plane.