Rear view mirror with reinforced ear member
First Claim
1. In a rear view mirror for vehicles, including a dish-shaped body of sheet-like material presenting about its front side peripheral formations to support a reflecting mirror plate and having thereon a backwardly protruding ear member clampable to a support arm for holding the mirror in viewing position on a vehicle, the improvement wherein said body is a unitary, resilient dish-shaped molding of a tough, weather-resistant organic polymer composition and said ear member is constituted by a backwardly protruded hollowed portion of said molding the hollow of which is closed at the backward end of said portion and opens to the front side of said molding and has fitted thereinto a rigid ear-reinforcing means which comprises at least one angled rigid metal bracket, each said bracket having an arm portion thereof extending inside said hollow and having a base portion thereof extending over and seated against an area of said front side adjacent to said hollowed portion.
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Abstract
A rear view mirror head for vehicles, especially automotive vehicles such as small trucks, comprises a mirror head body constituted by a unitary, resilient dish-shaped molding of a tough, weather-resistant organic polymer composition, preferably an ABS resin, which presents about its front side peripheral formations for supporting a reflecting mirror plate with an edge gasket of the plate adhered thereto and comprises a backwardly hollowed narrow ear-shaped portion the hollow of which opens to the front side of the molding and has fitted into it rigid ear-reinforcing arms of angled brackets of which rigid base portions extend over and are fixed to areas of the front side adjacent to the hollowed portion of the molding. The resin of the molding can be of an electroplatable type having a stiffening decorative metal coating plated onto at least the outside surfaces. The construction obviates unsightly corrosion and difficulties of mirror plate mounting experienced with previous mirror heads of similar type, while providing the required strength and security of mounting of the mirror head in viewing position on a vehicle.
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12 Claims
- 1. In a rear view mirror for vehicles, including a dish-shaped body of sheet-like material presenting about its front side peripheral formations to support a reflecting mirror plate and having thereon a backwardly protruding ear member clampable to a support arm for holding the mirror in viewing position on a vehicle, the improvement wherein said body is a unitary, resilient dish-shaped molding of a tough, weather-resistant organic polymer composition and said ear member is constituted by a backwardly protruded hollowed portion of said molding the hollow of which is closed at the backward end of said portion and opens to the front side of said molding and has fitted thereinto a rigid ear-reinforcing means which comprises at least one angled rigid metal bracket, each said bracket having an arm portion thereof extending inside said hollow and having a base portion thereof extending over and seated against an area of said front side adjacent to said hollowed portion.
- 8. A rear view mirror for vehicles, comprising a unitary, resilient dish-shaped sheet-like molding composed of a tough weather-resistant resin, said molding presenting about its front side peripheral rim surfaces for supporting a reflecting mirror plate with a gasket about the edge of the plate adhered to said surfaces by adhesive, said molding comprising a central, integral, backwardly protruding hollow narrow portion thereof forming an ear member and the hollow of which is closed at the backward end of said portion and opens to said front side and has fitted thereinto a rigid ear-reinforcing means which comprises at least one rigid angled metal bracket having an arm portion thereof extending inside said hollow and having a base portion thereof extending at an angle to said arm portion over and fixed to an area of said front side adjacent to said backwardly protruding portion, whereby said ear member is clampable and will be held secure on a support arm for holding the mirror in viewing postition on a vehicle.
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