Outside mirror for motor vehicles with programmer means responsive to starting viewing angle
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1. An automotive outside rearview mirror apparatus comprising:
- a mirror support adapted to be mounted on the outside of an automotive vehicle;
a flat mirror mounted on said support and operatoradjustable about a substantially vertical axis to any of a plurality of selected rearviewing angles according to the position of the operator of said vehicle;
operator-actuable power means for temporarily shifting said mirror about said axis to a viewing angle which is greater than the viewing angle selected by the operator for rearviewing;
which greater viewing angle provides a viewing field laterally farther outward of the vehicle; and
programmer means responsive to the operator-selected viewing angle to vary the amount of shift produced by said power means whereby the viewing angle achieved by actuation of said power means is contiguous to the operator-selected viewing field regardless of the viewing angle selected by said operator.
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Abstract
An outside rear view mirror for vehicles comprising a mirror having adjustment means to adjust it between different rest positions for different driver positions, shift means for temporarily shifting the mirror from a normal viewing angle in its rest position to a wider viewing angle, and programming means to automatically determine the degree of shift of the mirror according to the angle between the mirror in its rest position and the vehicle body.
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1. An automotive outside rearview mirror apparatus comprising:
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a mirror support adapted to be mounted on the outside of an automotive vehicle; a flat mirror mounted on said support and operatoradjustable about a substantially vertical axis to any of a plurality of selected rearviewing angles according to the position of the operator of said vehicle; operator-actuable power means for temporarily shifting said mirror about said axis to a viewing angle which is greater than the viewing angle selected by the operator for rearviewing; which greater viewing angle provides a viewing field laterally farther outward of the vehicle; and programmer means responsive to the operator-selected viewing angle to vary the amount of shift produced by said power means whereby the viewing angle achieved by actuation of said power means is contiguous to the operator-selected viewing field regardless of the viewing angle selected by said operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An automotive outside rearview mirror apparatus comprising:
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a mirror support adapted to be mounted on the outside of an automotive vehicle; a flat mirror mounted on said support and operator-adjustable about a substantially vertical axis to any of a plurality of starting positions according to the position and preference of the operator of the vehicle; operator-actuable power means for temporarily shifting mirror about said vertical axis to a target position in which at least part of the viewing field is more outboard of the vehicle than the viewing field selected by the operator in the starting position; and programmer means responsive to the particular starting position selected by the operator to vary the target position whereby the viewing angle achieved by actuation of said power means is contiguous to the operator-selected viewing field. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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- 13. Apparatus as defined in claim 16 wherein the programmer means includes cam means fixes relative to the mirror support.
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