Angle-reflecting mirror

• US 4,245,894 A
• Filed: 05/09/1979
• Issued: 01/20/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hagus C. Luchtenberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Hagus C. Luchtenberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Luchtenberg, Curt
• Primary Examiner(s): Henry, Jon W.
• Application Number:
  US06/037,468
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 350/303, 350/304, 350/288, 350/293
• US Class Current: 359/866
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/082 using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors

Abstract

This mirror contains two mirror sections that are angled with respect to each other and are contiguous to each other along a kink line. The mirror may be surrounded by a frame, however the kink line is uncovered and visually unobstructed by the frame. The mirror sections may be formed from a unitary piece of glass bent along the kink line, or may be formed of separate sections bonded together. The kink line advantageously is nonreflective and may be made more clearly evident by providing a thin colored line along the kink line. Additionally, each mirror section may be made of a uniquely differently colored material.

Claims

1. A mirror comprising:

a single unitary mirror with a reflective coating on its rear surface, the mirror being partitioned into two mirror sections which are angled with respect to one another along a kink line formed where the mirror bends between the sections;

the face of the mirror being uncovered at the kink line; and

wherein the reflective coating behind the kink line has been removed.

2. A mirror comprising:

a single unitary mirror with a reflective coating on its rear surface, the mirror being partitioned into two mirror sections which are angled with respect to one another along a kink line formed where the mirror bends between the sections;

the face of the mirror being uncovered at the kink line; and

wherein behind said kink line is formed a colored non-reflecting line visible from the front and separating the images reflected by the mirror sections.

3. A mirror comprising:

a transparent pane, sharply bent along a kink line to form first and second sections, the front of said pane being uncovered along said kink line; and

a reflective coating affixed to the rear side of said pane except behind said kink line, said pane thereby being nonreflective along said kink line so that images reflected by said respective first and second sections are visually separated by said kink line.

4. A mirror comprising:

a transparent pane, sharply bent along a kink line to form first and second sections, the front of said pane being uncovered along said kink line;

a reflective coating on the rear side of said pane except behind said kink line; and

a colored opaque coating on the rear side of said pane directly behind said kink line, so that images reflected by said respective first and second sections are visually separated by said colored kink line.