Distance indicating mirror device
First Claim
1. A distance indicating mirror device for attachment to a passing vehicle comprising a convex mirror for reflecting an image of a passed vehicle, a housing for supporting said mirror, said housing having a chamber therein partially defined by the reflective surface portion of said mirror, and indicia means on said mirror and viewable outwardly of said mirror for indicating a predetermined safe distance between a passing and a passed vehicle whereby a passing vehicle may relatively safely pull over in front of an immediately passed vehicle, said indicia means including a non-reflective surface portion of the otherwise reflective surface of said mirror located at a light transmitting predetermined horizontal position on said mirror when attached to a passing vehicle above which the image of a passed vehicle will be reflected when said predetermined safe distance is achieved, illuminating means disposed within said chamber for emitting light, and a colored filter between said non-reflective surface portion and said illuminating means for passing colored light through said non-reflective surface portion of said mirror.
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Abstract
A convex mirror has a frosted non-reflective elongated and horizontal line, approximately midway of the mirror and of a width less than the thickness of the mirror, and a light source is disposed adjacent the reflective surface with a colored filter positioned between the light source and the frosted line whereby a predetermined safe distance is indicated for changing lanes into a position in front of the immediately passed vehicle. In another mirror, safe turning distances are indicated by predetermined lines extending vertically of the convex mirror.
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- 1. A distance indicating mirror device for attachment to a passing vehicle comprising a convex mirror for reflecting an image of a passed vehicle, a housing for supporting said mirror, said housing having a chamber therein partially defined by the reflective surface portion of said mirror, and indicia means on said mirror and viewable outwardly of said mirror for indicating a predetermined safe distance between a passing and a passed vehicle whereby a passing vehicle may relatively safely pull over in front of an immediately passed vehicle, said indicia means including a non-reflective surface portion of the otherwise reflective surface of said mirror located at a light transmitting predetermined horizontal position on said mirror when attached to a passing vehicle above which the image of a passed vehicle will be reflected when said predetermined safe distance is achieved, illuminating means disposed within said chamber for emitting light, and a colored filter between said non-reflective surface portion and said illuminating means for passing colored light through said non-reflective surface portion of said mirror.
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