WIDE ANGLE REAR VIEW MIRROR
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1. A rear view mirror for a vehicle comprising a support and a mirror portion mounted thereon;
- said mirror portion including a pair of planar sections disposed angulary with respect to each other and a central portion extending between and joining adjacent edges of said planar sections said central portion being integral with said planar sections and presenting with them a continuous reflecting surface and said central portion being of sufficient extent to present to the driver of the vehicle on which said mirror is mounted an image of an approaching vehicle while said vehicle is in a position between that in which its image appears on one of said planar surfaces and that in which it appears on the other such surface, whereby when said mirror is mounted on a vehicle as a rear view mirror, a vehicle approaching from the rear may be observed continuously until it comes abreast of the mirror, said mirror support including a backplate having top and bottom walls projecting therefrom, a sidewall joining said top and bottom walls at one end of said plate, a flange along the edge of said plate opposite said sidewall, and a continuous shoulder formed along said top, bottom and sidewalls;
one of the planar sections of the mirror resting against said shoulder and the outer edge of the other planar section resting against said flange, the planar sections of the mirror being joined to the backplate by means of posts, said backplate being provided on the side toward the mirror with a seat, a ball mounted in said seat, a supporting post, a connector on said supporting post supporting said ball, and a leaf spring having its ends secured to said backplate and its central portion bearing against said ball.
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Abstract
A rear view mirror for mounting on a vehicle, the mirror having two planar mirror sections joined by an arcuate section so that a vehicle approaching the rear of the driven vehicle on which the mirror is mounted can be observed continuously as the approaching vehicle approaches the driven vehicle with the mirror until it is abreast of the driven vehicle.
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1. A rear view mirror for a vehicle comprising a support and a mirror portion mounted thereon;
- said mirror portion including a pair of planar sections disposed angulary with respect to each other and a central portion extending between and joining adjacent edges of said planar sections said central portion being integral with said planar sections and presenting with them a continuous reflecting surface and said central portion being of sufficient extent to present to the driver of the vehicle on which said mirror is mounted an image of an approaching vehicle while said vehicle is in a position between that in which its image appears on one of said planar surfaces and that in which it appears on the other such surface, whereby when said mirror is mounted on a vehicle as a rear view mirror, a vehicle approaching from the rear may be observed continuously until it comes abreast of the mirror, said mirror support including a backplate having top and bottom walls projecting therefrom, a sidewall joining said top and bottom walls at one end of said plate, a flange along the edge of said plate opposite said sidewall, and a continuous shoulder formed along said top, bottom and sidewalls;
one of the planar sections of the mirror resting against said shoulder and the outer edge of the other planar section resting against said flange, the planar sections of the mirror being joined to the backplate by means of posts, said backplate being provided on the side toward the mirror with a seat, a ball mounted in said seat, a supporting post, a connector on said supporting post supporting said ball, and a leaf spring having its ends secured to said backplate and its central portion bearing against said ball.
- said mirror portion including a pair of planar sections disposed angulary with respect to each other and a central portion extending between and joining adjacent edges of said planar sections said central portion being integral with said planar sections and presenting with them a continuous reflecting surface and said central portion being of sufficient extent to present to the driver of the vehicle on which said mirror is mounted an image of an approaching vehicle while said vehicle is in a position between that in which its image appears on one of said planar surfaces and that in which it appears on the other such surface, whereby when said mirror is mounted on a vehicle as a rear view mirror, a vehicle approaching from the rear may be observed continuously until it comes abreast of the mirror, said mirror support including a backplate having top and bottom walls projecting therefrom, a sidewall joining said top and bottom walls at one end of said plate, a flange along the edge of said plate opposite said sidewall, and a continuous shoulder formed along said top, bottom and sidewalls;
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Current AssigneeHarry J. Robertson
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Original AssigneeHarry J. Robertson
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InventorsRobertson, Harry J.
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Application NumberUS04/852,194Time in Patent Office851 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current359/868CPC Class CodesB60R 1/082 using a single wide field m...
