Tail light assembly
A motor vehicle includes a body component defining a trunk and a trunk gutter, a weather strip attached is a distal end of the trunk gutter, a trunk lid adapted to be disposed in the trunk gutter when in a closed position, and a tail light assembly affixed to the body component. The tail light assembly includes a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener, a bracket disposed in the housing, a light source affixed to the bracket, an inner lens overlaying the light source, an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the motor vehicle, and an outer lens overlaying the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.
1. A tail light assembly affixed to a body of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener;
a bracket disposed in the housing;
a light source affixed to the bracket;
an inner lens overlaying the light source;
an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the vehicle; and
an outer lens overlaying the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.
2. The tail light assembly of claim 1 wherein the opaque lens extension is disposed in a trunk gutter of the motor vehicle.
3. The tail light assembly of claim 2 wherein the inner lens comprises a plurality of angled sections.
4. The tail light assembly of claim 3 wherein the outer lens comprises a plurality of angled sections.
5. The tail light assembly of claim 4 wherein one of the plurality of angled sections of the outer lens is adjacent a weather strip disposed in the trunk gutter of the motor vehicle.
6. The tail light assembly of claim 5 wherein one of the plurality of angled sections of the inner lens is covered by a trunk lid disposed in the trunk gutter when the trunk lid is in a closed position.
7. The tail light assembly of claim 6 wherein at least two of the plurality of angled sections of the outer lens are covered by the trunk lid disposed in the trunk gutter when the trunk lid is in a closed position.
8. The tail light assembly of claim 7 wherein the outer lens is disposed rearward of the inner lens and the opaque lens extension when the tail light assembly is affixed to the body of the motor vehicle.
9. The tail light assembly of claim 1 wherein the fastener comprises a nut and a bolt.
10. A tail light assembly adapted to be affixed to a body of a motor vehicle, comprising:
a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener;
a bracket disposed in the housing;
a light source affixed to the bracket;
an inner lens comprising a plurality of angled sections overlaying the light source;
an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the vehicle, wherein the opaque lens extension is disposed in a trunk gutter of the motor vehicle when the tail light assembly is affixed to the body; and
an outer lens comprising a plurality of angled sections overlaying the inner lens and one of the plurality of angled sections overlaying the opaque lens extension, wherein the outer lens is disposed rearward of the inner lens and the opaque lens extension when the tail light assembly is affixed to the body of the motor vehicle.
11. The tail light assembly of claim 10 wherein one of the plurality of angled sections of the outer lens is adjacent a weather strip disposed in the trunk gutter of the motor vehicle.
12. The tail light assembly of claim 11 wherein:
one of the plurality of angled sections of the inner lens is covered by a trunk lid disposed in the trunk gutter when the trunk lid is in a closed position; and
at least two of the plurality of angled sections of the outer lens are covered by the trunk lid disposed in the trunk gutter when the trunk lid is in a closed position.
13. A motor vehicle, comprising:
a body component defining a trunk and a trunk gutter;
a weather strip attached is a distal end of the trunk gutter;
a trunk lid adapted to be disposed in the trunk gutter when in a closed position; and
a tail light assembly affixed to the body component, comprising:
a housing defining an inner surface of the tail light assembly affixed to the body of the motor vehicle by a fastener;
a bracket disposed in the housing;
a light source affixed to the bracket;
an inner lens overlaying the light source;
an opaque lens extension extending from a distal end of the inner lens obscuring the bracket and housing from a view rearward of the motor vehicle; and
an outer lens overlaying the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.
14. The motor vehicle of claim 13 wherein the opaque lens extension is disposed in the trunk gutter.
15. The motor vehicle of claim 14 wherein the inner lens comprises a plurality of angled sections and the outer lens comprises a plurality of angled sections.
16. The motor vehicle of claim 15 wherein one of the plurality of angled sections of the outer lens is adjacent the weather strip disposed in the trunk gutter.
17. The motor vehicle of claim 16 wherein one of the plurality of angled sections of the inner lens is covered by the trunk lid disposed in the trunk gutter when the trunk lid is in a closed position.
18. The motor vehicle of claim 17 wherein at least two of the plurality of angled sections of the outer lens are covered by the trunk lid disposed in the trunk gutter when the trunk lid is in a closed position.
19. The motor vehicle of claim 18 wherein the outer lens is disposed rearward of the inner lens and the opaque lens extension.
20. The motor vehicle of claim 13 wherein the fastener comprises a nut and a bolt.