Vehicle Side View Mirror System

• US 20100208373A1
• Filed: 12/21/2009
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rick Corum
• Original Assignee: Rick Corum
• Inventors: Corum, Rick
• Granted Patent: US 8,317,346 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/863
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/002 specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle, e.g. for viewing tyres, bumpers or the like integrated in the windows B60R1/001; combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/10 Front-view mirror arrangements; specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle B60R1/002; Periscope arrangements , i.e. optical devices using combinations of mirrors, lenses, prisms or the like specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle B60R1/002; for viewing traffic-lights B60R1/005; Other mirror arrangements giving a view from above or under the vehicle

Abstract

A mirror assembly for a vehicle that has a double curved mirror positioned next to a vehicle side view mirror and said double curved mirror along with said side view mirror allows a user to view the lower perimeter of the vehicle in the side view mirror while operating the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle mirror system comprising:

a vehicle having a side view mirror; and

a double curved reflecting mirror mounted on said side view mirror and having a reflective surface facing said side view mirror, said double curved reflecting mirror being oriented to reflect an image of an area along a lower perimeter of a vehicle such that said image is viewable by a driver operating the vehicle

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said double curved mirror is in a housing and said housing is attached to a vehicle side view mirror or a vehicle side view mirror housing.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said double curved side view mirror has a first curvature along a vertical axis and a second curvature along a horizontal axis.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said double curved side view mirror has a first curvature along a vertical axis and a second curvature along a horizontal axis, said first curvature and said second curvature being of unequal degrees of curvature.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said double curved mirror is in a housing that is adjustable.

6. A method of viewing an area along the lower perimeter of a vehicle with a side view mirror while operating the vehicle, comprising:

providing a double curved reflecting mirror attached to a vehicle side view mirror, said double curved mirror having a reflective surface facing a vehicle side view mirror; and

reflecting an image of an area onto the side view mirror with said double curved reflecting mirror such that a vehicle operator in a vehicle operating position can view said image;

wherein said image includes a surface on which said vehicle resides.