Vehicle mirror system

• US 6,997,567 B1
• Filed: 10/07/2004
• Issued: 02/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeanine Caruso
• Original Assignee: Jeanine Caruso
• Inventors: Caruso, Jeanine
• Primary Examiner(s): Cherry, Euncha P.
• Application Number:
  US10/961,490
• Time in Patent Office: 495 Days
• Field of Search: 359850-872, 248/490
• US Class Current: 359/872
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/008 allowing the driver to see passengers, e.g. for busses combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/198 with means for adjusting the mirror relative to its support G02B7/1822 takes precedence

Abstract

A reflective surface has a mount configured to be coupled with vehicle seat back. An attachment member is coupled to the mount and has a hook and loop fastener adapted to couple with a pile-type material on a back surface of the vehicle seat back.

Claims

1. A vehicle mirror system for allowing a driver of a vehicle to safely and conveniently observe an infant in a carrier strapped on the back seat of a vehicle comprising, in combination:

a vehicle having a front seat and a back seat and a rearwardly facing rear view mirror, the back seat having a generally horizontal extent for the support of a carrier strapped thereto with an infant strapped therein, the back seat having a forward face and a rearward face and an upward face therebetween, the rearward face being fabricated of a pile-type material;

a mirror assembly having a primary strap with a forward section positionable on the forward face of the back seat and a rearward section positionable on the rearward face of the back seat and an intermediate section positionable on the upward face of the back seat, the mirror assembly having a supplemental mirror with an upper edge and a lower edge attached to the forward section of the primary strap and with a rear surface and a reflective front surface in a convex shape facing the rearview mirror for extended viewing capabilities, the mirror assembly having a secondary strap with a leading edge attached to the rear surface of the supplemental mirror adjacent to the upper edge and a trailing edge attached to the intermediate section of the primary strap adjacent to the lower edge whereby shifting the mirror assembly forwardly and rearwardly will vary the angle of the supplemental mirror and its reflective surface with respect to the rearview mirror;

an attachment member having folded fabric sections with an upper edge in a trapezoidal shaped configuration forming a passageway and a lower free edge and an adhesive securing together the fabric sections, the attachment member also having one surface with a hook and loop fastener removably coupled to the pile-type material of the back seat, the attachment member also having a rigid loop in a triangular configuration with one leg pivotably secured in the passageway of the folded fabric sections and the other legs extending upwardly; and

a clip assembly having a lower end with a clip adapted to removably receive the loop of the attachment member and an upper end, the clip assembly also having a tertiary strap coupling the rearward section of the primary strap to the upper end of the clip whereby a driver on the front seat looking into the rearview mirror sees the reflection of an infant in a carrier on the back seat through the supplemental mirror.

2. A vehicle system comprising:

a reflective surface having a mount configured to be coupled with a vehicle seat back; and

an attachment member coupled to the mount, the attachment member being removably attached to the reflective surface mount and having a fixed length with a hook and loop fastener adapted to couple with a pile-type material on a back surface of the vehicle seat back, the attachment member including a continuous ring and a flat portion coupled to the ring thereby allowing the ring to be attached to a seat back using the hook and loop fastener.