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PERISCOPIC VIEWING SYSTEM

  • US 3,784,288 A
  • Filed: 01/05/1972
  • Issued: 01/08/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A periscopic rear view system for a vehicle having support structure elevated and forwardly of the vehicle driver, said system comprising:

  • a. a prismatic structure carried by and depending from said support structure, having an image receiving face arranged to receive therethrough an image of a reArward objective, interiorly reflective faces, and a viewing face confronting said vehicle driver, the image received through said receiving face being transmitted to said reflecting faces and thence outwardly through said viewing face to said vehicle driver; and

    b. adjusting means selectively adjustably tilting at least two faces of said prismatic structure angularly relative to the other faces on substantially horizontal tilt axes to angularly vary the optical axis within said structure in the use of said apparatus.

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