Flush mount fog pod and method of attachment
A flush mount fog pod is front-mounted through a hole in a vehicle or bumper frame. A bracket is inserted through the hole and turned 90 degrees for mounting to a bezel, which is attached to the front of the hole with bolts and nuts. A light pod is then snapped into the bracket. An adjustor bolt adjustably attaches to the back of the light pod through an access hole in the bezel and controls the tilt of the light pod by screwing and unscrewing the head of the adjustor bolt from the front of the light. A protective cover rotates over the head of the adjustor bolt when not in use to protect it from dirt and debris.
1. A light, consisting of: a bracket, a bezel, two or more bolts, two or more nuts, a light pod, an adjustor bolt, and a protective cover, where the bracket is connected to the bezel by the two or more bolts and the two or more nuts, where the bracket and the bezel are located on opposite sides of a hole in a vehicle frame, where the light pod is snapped into a receiver in the bracket, where the adjustor bolt has a seat on the light and attaches at a threaded end to a threaded section in the bracket, where the light pod can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt, and where the protective cover rotates to cover and uncover the head of the adjustor bolt.
2. The light of claim 1 , where the light is installable without an installer reaching behind the frame.
3. The light of claim 1 , where the light is adjustable from the front of the front.
4. The light of claim 1 , where the bracket and the bezel are located on opposite sides of the hole in the vehicle frame, where the light pod is snapped into the bracket, where the adjustor bolt has a seat on the light and attaches at a threaded end to a threaded section in the bracket, where the light pod can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt.
5. An assembly, comprising: a light pod, where the light pod has an adjustor bolt, and means to attach the light pod to a hole in a frame.
6. The assembly of claim 5 , where the means to attach the light pod to the hole in the frame comprises a bezel and two or more bolts and two or more nuts.
7. The assembly of claim 5 , where the means to attach the light pod to the hole in the frame comprises a bracket and two or more bolts and two or more nuts.
8. The assembly of claim 5 , where the means of attachment comprises: a bracket, a bezel, two or more bolts, two or more nuts, a light pod, an adjustor bolt, and a protective cover, where the bracket is connected to the bezel by the two or more bolts and the two or more nuts, where the bracket and the bezel are located on opposite sides of a hole in a frame, where the light pod is snapped into a receiver in the bracket, where the adjustor bolt has a seat on the light and attaches at a threaded end to a threaded section in the bracket, where the light pod can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt.
9. The assembly of claim 8 , where light pod and the bezel are manufactured as one unit and the means to attach the light pod to the hole in the frame comprises a bracket and two or more bolts and two or more nuts.
10. The assembly of claim 5 , where the means of attachment comprises: a bracket, a bezel, two or more bolts and two or more nuts, a light pod, an adjustor bolt, and a protective cover, where the bracket is connected to the bezel by the two or more bolts, where the bracket and the bezel are located on opposite sides of a hole in a frame, where the light pod is snapped into the bracket, where the light pod is rotatable within the bracket, where the adjustor bolt has a seat on the light and attaches at a threaded end to a threaded section in the bracket, where an angle of the light pod can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt.
11. The assembly of claim 10 , where the protective cover rotates to cover and uncover the head of the adjustor bolt.
12. The assembly of claim 10 , where the protective cover snaps on and off to cover and uncover the head of the adjustor bolt.
13. A method of installing a light, comprising the steps of, first obtaining a light, where the light comprises a bracket, a bezel, two or more bolts and two or more nuts, a light pod, an adjustor bolt, and a protective cover, here the bracket is connected to the bezel by the two or more bolts and the two or more nuts, where the bracket and the bezel are located on opposite sides of a hole in a frame, second, snapping the light pod is snapped into a receiver in the bracket, where the light pod is rotatable within the receiver in the bracket, where the adjustor bolt has a seat on the light and attaches at a threaded end to a threaded section in the bracket, where the light pod can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt, and where the protective cover rotates to cover and uncover the head of the adjustor bolt.
14. The method of claim 13 , where the method additionally comprises a second step of creating a hole in a frame, attaching the bracket to an inside surface of the frame, attaching the bezel to a front side of the frame, attaching the bezel to the bracket by the two or more bolts and the two or more nuts, where the two or more bolts pass through one or more bezel holes in the bezel and one or more bracket holes in the bracket.
15. The method of claim 14 , additionally comprising the step of snapping the light pod into a receiver in the bracket and screwing the adjustor bolt into a threaded section of the bracket.
16. The method of claim 15 , additionally comprising the step of adjusting an angle of the light pod by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt.
17. The method of claim 16 , additionally comprising the step of rotating the protective cover over and off of the head of the adjustor bolt to prevent exposure to dirt during times when the adjustor bolt is not being adjusted.
18. The method of claim 13 , where the means of attachment between the and bezel is one or more bolts and one or more nuts inserted from a front face of the bezel.
19. The method of claim 17 , where the adjustor bolt has a seat on the light and attaches at a threaded end to a threaded section in the bracket, where the light pod can be adjusted by screwing and unscrewing a head of the adjustor bolt, and where the protective cover rotates to cover and uncover the head of the adjustor bolt.