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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Ken Egashira, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Ken Egashira, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle lamp includes a lamp chamber containing at least one light source in an interior thereof and having a light-emitting opening, a lamp cover is attached to the light-emitting opening, and a polarizing film is applied to an inner surface of said cover body. The lamp cover includes a transparent cover body having a configuration and size capable of covering at least a light emission surface of the lamp. The polarizing film has fine textured structures on a surface thereof for changing color of the exterior of the lamp when the lamp is in a lit condition compared to an unlit condition.