Illuminated mirror

• US 10,782,012 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2017
• Issued: 09/22/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seura, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Seura, Inc.
• Inventors: Lumaye, Andy C., Elsing, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Akanbi, Isiaka O
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Nathaniel J
• Application Number:
  US15/707,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20180023799A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 42/10 illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/02 Mirrors used as equipment hand, pocket, or shaving mirrors A45D42/00; optical viewing means for vehicles B60R1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2200/08 Illumination
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0004 Personal or domestic articles
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/302 for mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2107/70 on flexible or deformable supports or substrates, e.g. for changing the light source into a desired form
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An illuminated mirror includes a mirror defining a front surface and a rear surface, the mirror includes a reflective mirror portion and a translucent portion through which light can pass. A first light support surface is positioned on a rear surface side of the mirror, a second light support surface is positioned on the rear surface side of the mirror, and a gap extends between the first light support surface and the second light support surface. A light source extends from the first light support surface to the second light support surface across the gap. The light source is supported by the first light support surface and the second light support surface, and is unsupported along the gap.

Claims

1. An illuminated mirror comprising:

a mirror defining a front surface and a rear surface, the mirror includes a reflective mirror portion and a translucent portion through which light can pass;

a housing coupled to the rear surface of the mirror, the housing defining;

a first surface coupled to the rear surface of the mirror;

a second surface coupled to the rear surface of the mirror, the first and second surfaces being linear and non-coplanar; and

a non-orthogonal transitional edge connecting the first surface and the second surface; and

a light source secured to the first surface and the second surface, the light source includes a curved portion extending between the first surface and the second surface, the light source being unsecured to the transitional edge.

2. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, wherein the first surface and the second surface are provided in a non-intersecting spaced relationship.

3. The illuminated mirror of claim 2, wherein the non-orthogonal transition defines the space between the first surface and the second surface.

4. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, wherein the first surface is offset from the second surface by the transitional edge.

5. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, wherein the non-orthogonal transition defines a gap between the first surface and the second surface.

6. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, wherein the first surface, the second surface, and the non-orthogonal transitional edge partially define a portion of a perimeter of the housing.

7. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, wherein the light source is coupled to a continuous flexible substrate.

8. The illuminated mirror of claim 7, wherein a first portion of the flexible substrate is coupled to the first surface, and a second portion of the flexible substrate is coupled to the second surface.

9. The illuminated mirror of claim 8, wherein a third portion of the flexible substrate is unsupported along the transitional edge.

10. The illuminated mirror of claim 9, wherein the third portion of the flexible substrate is positioned between the first portion of the flexible substrate and the second portion of the flexible substrate.

11. The illuminated mirror of claim 7, wherein the flexible substrate includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion is supported by the first light support surface, the second portion is supported by the second surface, and the third portion is unsupported along the transitional edge.

12. The illuminated mirror of claim 11, wherein the third portion is arcuate in shape.

13. The illuminated mirror of claim 12, wherein the first portion extends along a first linear plane and the second portion extends along a second linear plane non-coplanar to the first plane.

14. The illuminated mirror of claim 13, wherein the third portion extends between the first portion and the second portion.

15. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, further comprising a reflective element positioned on a rear surface side of the mirror portion adjacent the translucent portion.

16. The illuminated mirror of claim 1, wherein the first surface and the second surface are both oriented at an angle to the rear surface of the mirror.