US 11,938,859 B2
Searchlight system for vehicle post
Colton D. Hosick, Culbertson, NE (US); Bruce Bair, Culbertson, NE (US); Albert W. Gebhard, Denver, CO (US); and Gerald L. Gohl, Culbertson, NE (US)
Assigned to GOLIGHT, INC., Culbertson, NE (US)
Filed by Golight, Inc., Culbertson, NE (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/099,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,734, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145546 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); F21S 41/19 (2018.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B62D 65/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/245 (2013.01) [B60R 11/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); F21S 41/192 (2018.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0052 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 65/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A searchlight mounting system for an A-pillar of a vehicle, comprising:
a mounting assembly including at least one bracket, an adapter, and fasteners;
the bracket having an interior surface configured to face toward the vehicle and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, wherein the bracket comprises projections which extend out from the interior surface, with a first bore formed into each projection from the exterior surface, each projection having an end wall opposite the interior surface with a second bore formed through the end wall, the first bore being larger in diameter than the second bore;
the adapter projecting out from the exterior surface of the bracket, the adapter configured to attach to a searchlight assembly; and
the fasteners each having a head and a shank which insert into the projections, the head being larger in diameter than the second bore, and the shank being smaller in diameter than the second bore.