.~ Light transmitting from source behind a reflector
DEFINITION
Classification: 359/528
Light transmitting from source behind a reflector:
(under subclass 515) Subject matter where the reflector is adapted to transmit light from a source which is behind the surface of the reflector which is normally viewed, such as in a tail-light reflector which transmits light from a light bulb behind the reflector or lens and also reflects a large amount of light which is directed to the front surface of the reflector by an external source such as the headlights of an approaching automobile.
(1) Note. The patents of this subclass use a signal reflector combination with a light source behind the reflector in order to attract attention of other vehicles, either by the light source itself or reflection of the other vehicle's light.
(2) Note. The use of a reflector to change (i.e., concentrate, disperse, collimate) the light from a source for illumination purposes belong in Class 362 (e.g., the reflector behind the light source of a headlight used to direct the outgoing beam in a particular pattern).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
549, for a taillight that reflects incoming light from a reflector behind the light source that transmits away from the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
362, Illumination, 459+, for illumination with vehicle structure, subclass 494 for mirror or reflector with vehicle structure (e.g., rear view mirror), subclasses 296+ for a light source and modifier including a reflector where the reflector is used to modify the outgoing source light beam, and subclasses 341+ for reflector light modifiers.
