Viewing and lighting device

• US 8,038,332 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tzu-Tang Lin
• Original Assignee: Tzu-Tang Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Tzu-Tang
• Primary Examiner(s): SAWHNEY, HARGOBIND S
• Application Number:
  US12/437,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20100284200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: 362/396, 362/419, 362/470, 362/473, 362/474, 362/477, 362/478, 362/485, 362/523, 362/528, 362/530, 362/540, 362/545, 362/548, 362/549
• US Class Current: 362/494
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2665 on rear-view mirrors lighting devices for vehicle interior on or for rear-view mirrors B60Q3/258
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2900/30 Lamps commanded by wireless transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 29/00 Adaptations or arrangements of mirrors for use on cycles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/056 characterised by control means
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/165 Wireless switches

Abstract

A viewing and lighting device includes a side-view mirror formed with a ball, a lamp provided on the side-view mirror, a flexible tube, a first clip attached to an end of the flexible tube and used to clip a portion of the side-view mirror, a second clip attached to another end of the flexible tube and used to clip a portion of a vehicle and a controller provided on the vehicle and used to control the lamp.

Claims

1. A viewing and lighting device comprising:

a side-view mirror formed with a ball;

a lamp provided on the side-view mirror;

a flexible tube;

a first clip attached to an end of the flexible tube and used to clip a portion of the side-view mirror;

wherein the first clip comprises a socket for receiving the ball;

a second clip attached to another end of the flexible tube and used to clip a portion of a vehicle; and

a controller provided on the vehicle and used to control the lamp.

2. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second clips comprises two prongs each comprising two apertures each for receiving a fastener.

3. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the mirror comprises a thread thereon, and the first clip comprises a screw hole for receiving the thread.

4. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 1 comprising:

two adjusting elements movably disposed in the flexible tube; and

;

a spring for interconnecting the adjusting elements, wherein the adjusting elements are movable relative to each other to change the tension in the spring and therefore the flexibility of the flexible tube.

5. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp comprises a circuit, a wireless receiver connected to the circuit and a power supply for energizing the circuit, and the controller comprises a circuit, a wireless transmitter connected to the circuit thereof, a power supply for energizing the circuit thereof and a switch operable for actuate the circuit thereof.

6. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the lamp comprises a circuit, a wireless receiver connected to the circuit and a power supply for energizing the circuit, and the controller comprises a circuit, a wireless transmitter connected to the circuit thereof, a power supply for energizing the circuit thereof and a switch operable for actuate the circuit thereof.

7. A viewing and lighting device comprising:

a side-view mirror formed with a ball;

a lamp provided on the side-view mirror;

a flexible tube;

a clip attached to an end of the flexible tube and used to clip a portion of the side-view mirror;

wherein the clip comprises a socket for receiving the ball;

a threaded bolt attached to another end of the flexible tube and used for assertion in a screw hole in a portion of a vehicle; and

a controller provided on the vehicle and used to control the lamp.

8. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 7, wherein the first clip comprises two prongs each comprising two apertures each for receiving a fastener.

9. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 7, wherein the mirror comprises a thread thereon, and the clip comprises a screw hole for receiving the thread.

10. The viewing and lighting device according to claim 7 comprising:

two adjusting elements movably disposed in the flexible tube; and

;

a spring for interconnecting the adjusting elements, wherein the adjusting elements are movable relative to each other to change the tension in the spring and therefore the flexibility of the flexible tube.