Safety attachment for rear view vehicle mirrors

• US 3,104,274 A
• Filed: 03/05/1963
• Issued: 09/17/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Garner W. King
• Original Assignee: Garner W. King
• Inventors: King, Garner W.
• Application Number:
  US04/263,384
• Time in Patent Office: 196 Days
• US Class Current: 359/864
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/082 using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors

Claims

1. A SAFETY MIRROR DEVICE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A FLAT REAR VIEW VEHICLE MIRROR COMPRISING AN EXPOSED CONTINUOUS FLAT FRONT VIEWING SURFACE, A CONVEX MIRROR UNIT INCLUDING A CIRCULAR CONCAVO-CONVEX MIRROR BODY HAVING A CONVEX REFLECTING SURFACE AND ALSO INCLUDING A GENERALLY FLAT CIRCULAR SHEET METAL BACKING COVERING THE BACK PORTION OF SAID BODY, SAID SHEET METAL MEMBER BEING PERIPHERALLY ATTACHED TO SAID BODY, SAID ATTACHMENT BEING AIR PERMEABLE TO PERMIT PRESSURE EQUALIZATION BETWEEN THE CONCAVITY WITHIN SAID CONVEX MIRROR UNIT AND THE ATMOSPHERE EXTERNALLY OF SAID CONVEX MIRROR UNIT, A THIN ANNULAR SHEET OF CUSHIONING MATERIAL AFFIXED TO THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID BACKING AND COVERING AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL AREA THEREOF, AND AN ADHESIVE MATERIAL APPLIED TO THE REAR SURFACE OF SAID ANNULAR SHEET FOR SECURING SAID ANNULAR SHEET TO SAID FLAT FRONT SURFACE OF THE VEHICLE MIRROR IN FULL CONTACTING ENGAGEMENT SO AS TO RIGIDLY SE-