Shade for segmented rear view mirror
First Claim
1. In combination with a rear view mirror used in a vehicle and located in the cab behind the windshield, to receive impingement of light rays traveling generally forwardly from the rear, or flank, or flanks of the vehicle, and to reflect said light rays back toward the viewer in the vehicle which is traveling forwardly,(a) a canopy carried by the vehicle to extend generally rearwardly above the level of the mirror and above the space immediately rearwardly of the mirror, but at or below the vehicle ceiling,(b) the canopy absorbing light rays impinging thereon, thus to minimize ghost reflection thereform via the mirror toward the eyes of said viewer,(c) the mirror having individual sectors on a transparent molding and comprising a myriad of metallized layers providing reflecting adjacent surfaces at the back side of the mirror away from the viewer, said surfaces oriented to produce, in the eyes of the viewer, one virtual image, or separate virtual images from separate portions of such molded mirror, said layers having thinned peripheries, there being a network of zones separating the individual reflecting surfaces, improvements,(d) a material coating the back sides of said zones, and which includes a light absorber,(e) the coating covering zones between reflecting surfaces and the thinned peripheries of said metallized reflecting layers, whereby undesirable reflections from said zones are substantially reduced.
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Abstract
An improved rear view mirror usable in a vehicle, to receive impingement of light rays traveling generally forwardly from the rear, of flank, or flanks of the vehicle and to reflect said rays back toward the viewer in the vehicle which is traveling forwardly, the improvement comprising
(a) the mirror assembly having a myriad of reflecting surfaces oriented to reflect said rays, as referred to, has one of the following configurations
(N1) convex rearwardly
(N2) flat,
(N3) V-shaped with apex facing rearwardly,
(N4) flat rearwardly, in two offset sections angled relative to one another, separated by a mirror surface that is free of said myriad of surfaces,
(N5) convex rearwardly, in two offset sections separated by a third section which is flat rearwardly,
(N6) flat and convex, rearwardly in two laterally spaced sections, respectively, which are separated by a mirror surface that is free of said myriad surfaces,
the mirror adapted to be positioned in the vehicle cab, behind the windshield, and either symmetrically or assymmetrically with respect to the mid-line of the vehicle.
Also, a canopy may be carried by the vehicle to extend generally rearwardly above the level of the mirror and above the space immediately rearwardly of the mirror, but at or below the vehicle ceiling, the canopy absorbing light rays impinging thereon, thus to minimize ghost reflection therefrom via the mirror toward the eyes of said viewer.
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1. In combination with a rear view mirror used in a vehicle and located in the cab behind the windshield, to receive impingement of light rays traveling generally forwardly from the rear, or flank, or flanks of the vehicle, and to reflect said light rays back toward the viewer in the vehicle which is traveling forwardly,
(a) a canopy carried by the vehicle to extend generally rearwardly above the level of the mirror and above the space immediately rearwardly of the mirror, but at or below the vehicle ceiling, (b) the canopy absorbing light rays impinging thereon, thus to minimize ghost reflection thereform via the mirror toward the eyes of said viewer, (c) the mirror having individual sectors on a transparent molding and comprising a myriad of metallized layers providing reflecting adjacent surfaces at the back side of the mirror away from the viewer, said surfaces oriented to produce, in the eyes of the viewer, one virtual image, or separate virtual images from separate portions of such molded mirror, said layers having thinned peripheries, there being a network of zones separating the individual reflecting surfaces, improvements, (d) a material coating the back sides of said zones, and which includes a light absorber, (e) the coating covering zones between reflecting surfaces and the thinned peripheries of said metallized reflecting layers, whereby undesirable reflections from said zones are substantially reduced.
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