Motor vehicle auxiliary front view mirror

• US 5,109,301 A
• Filed: 01/24/1991
• Issued: 04/28/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James Yang
• Original Assignee: James Yang
• Inventors: Yang, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Frank
• Application Number:
  US07/645,449
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 350/604, 350/605, 350/631, 350/632, 350/636, 248/548, 248/549, 248/481, 248/900
• US Class Current: 359/872
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/007 specially adapted for covering the lateral blind spot not covered by the usual rear-view mirror
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/10 Front-view mirror arrangements; specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle B60R1/002; Periscope arrangements , i.e. optical devices using combinations of mirrors, lenses, prisms or the like specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle B60R1/002; for viewing traffic-lights B60R1/005; Other mirror arrangements giving a view from above or under the vehicle

Abstract

A motor vehicle auxiliary front view mirror, comprising a base attached to the front window frame of a motor vehicle for holding a mirror through a toggle linkage. The toggle linkage has a ball portion at one end fastened in a ball socket on the base and adjustably stopped at a desired position against a packing block, and a split flange at an opposite end movably retained in a ball joint inside a ball socket on the back of the mirror permitting the mirror to be rotated on the split flange for angle position change.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle auxiliary front view mirror, comprising:

a base attached to a motor vehicle at the front, having a unitary ball socket formed therein and a resilient packing block fastened inside said unitary ball socket at the bottom;

a case having a reflecting mirror attached thereto at the front, an opening made thereon at the back, a unitary ball socket portion communicating with said opening, and an elongated channel formed therein and communicating with said unitary ball socket portion;

a ball joint having a hole piercing therethrough at the center and being fastened inside said ball socket portion of said case;

a toggle linkage having a ball portion at one end, said ball portion being movably fastened in said ball socket of said base and stopped at a desired position against said packing block, and a flange at an opposite end, said flange been cut into at least two parts by at least a cut so that it can be flexibly squeezed inwards to insert through said hole on said ball joint into said inner channel of said case to become movably retained therein.