Mirror adaptor mount
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1. A mirror adapter mounting device, comprising:
- a substantially rigid mounting base portion, wherein one surface of the base portion further comprises a wedge-shaped coupler structured for being received into a mating wedge-shaped receiver slot that is adapted for receiving a rearview mirror, and a different surface of the base portion further comprises a wedge-shaped receiver slot that is adapted for receiving thereinto a mating wedge-shaped coupler of the rearview mirror for mounting of the same;
a part-spherical ball coupler; and
an arm projected from the mounting base portion and presenting the ball coupler adjacent to an end of the arm distal from the mounting base portion.
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Abstract
A mirror adapter mounting device formed of a substantially rigid mounting base portion with one surface thereof comprising a wedge-shaped receiver slot, and a different surface thereof comprising a wedge-shaped coupler; a part-spherical ball coupler; and an arm projected from the mounting base portion and presenting the ball coupler adjacent to an end thereof distal from the mounting base portion.
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20 Claims
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1. A mirror adapter mounting device, comprising:
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a substantially rigid mounting base portion, wherein one surface of the base portion further comprises a wedge-shaped coupler structured for being received into a mating wedge-shaped receiver slot that is adapted for receiving a rearview mirror, and a different surface of the base portion further comprises a wedge-shaped receiver slot that is adapted for receiving thereinto a mating wedge-shaped coupler of the rearview mirror for mounting of the same; a part-spherical ball coupler; and an arm projected from the mounting base portion and presenting the ball coupler adjacent to an end of the arm distal from the mounting base portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mirror adapter mounting system, comprising:
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a wedge-shaped windshield coupler comprising substantially parallel opposing front and rear planar surfaces spaced apart by opposing exterior side surfaces therebetween, the front surface being relatively narrower than the rear surface and being adapted for mounting on a windshield of a vehicle, and the opposing exterior side surfaces being tapered outwardly from the narrower front surface toward the wider rear surface; a mirror comprising a front coupler receiver slot formed as a negative wedge-shaped opening that is matched to the wedge-shaped windshield coupler, the receiver slot comprising a rear planar interior surface positioned between opposing interior side surfaces that are spaced apart and form an opening therebetween, the opening being relatively narrower than the rear interior surface, and the opposing interior side surfaces being tapered inwardly from the narrower opening toward the wider rear interior surface; and a mirror adapter mounting device, comprising a substantially rigid base mounting base portion comprising; a coupler receiver slot adapted to receive slidingly thereinto the wedge-shaped windshield coupler, a wedge-shaped coupler adapted to slidingly enter into the front coupler receiver slot of the mirror, and a ball coupler. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing an auxiliary ball coupler on a vehicle minor mount, the method comprising:
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on a windshield having a wedge-shaped windshield coupler comprising a relatively narrower surface coupled to a surface of the windshield and a relatively wider surface spaced away therefrom with opposing tapered side surfaces therebetween, and a mirror comprising a wedge-shaped receiver slot being wedgedly engaged with the wedge-shaped windshield coupler, disengaging the wedge-shaped receiver slot of the mirror from the wedge-shaped windshield coupler; between the wedge-shaped windshield coupler and the wedge-shaped receiver slot of the mirror, engaging a mirror adapter mounting device, comprising;
wedgedly engaging a wedge-shaped receiver slot of the mirror adapter mounting device with the wedge-shaped windshield coupler, and wedgedly engaging a wedge-shaped mirror coupler with the wedge-shaped receiver slot of the mirror; andfrom the mirror adapter mounting device projecting a substantially part-spherical ball coupler. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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