Mirror retaining means and method of assembly

• US 3,171,886 A
• Filed: 12/12/1960
• Issued: 03/02/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Drew S. Holt, Norbert P. Worden
• Original Assignee: Drew S. Holt, Norbert P. Worden
• Inventors: Holt, Drew S., Worden, Norbert P.
• Application Number:
  US04/075,379
• Time in Patent Office: 1,541 Days
• US Class Current: 359/514
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/02 Rear-view mirror arrangements periscope arrangements B60R1/10

Claims

1. IN AN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A MIRROR OR THE LIKE HAVING INNER, OUTER, AND SIDE SURFACES, RESILIENT GASKET MEANS MOUNTED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF THE MIRROR AND HAVING A FIRST PORTION ENGAGING THE SIDE SRFACE OF THE MIRROR AND A SECOND PORTION ENGAGING A PORTION OF THE INNER SURFACE OF THE MIRROR ADJACENT THE SIDE SURFACE AND A THIRD PORTION ENGAGING THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE MIRROR ADJACENT THE SIDE SURFACE, HOUSING MEANS ACCEPTING SAID GASKET MEANS AND THE MIRROR AND FULLY ENCLOSING THESIDE AND INNER SURFACES OF THE MIRROR, SAID HOUSING MEANS COMPRISING A WALL PORTION EXTENDING ABOUT AND SPACED FROM AND ALIGNED WITH THE SIDE SURFACE OF THE MIRROR AND ENGAGING AND EXERTING COMPRESSIVE FORCES ON SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID GASKET MEANS IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE SIDE SURFACE OF THE MIRROR, A LIP PORTION FORMED IN SAID HOUSING AND DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF AND CONNECTED TO SAID WALL PORTION AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETO TOWARD THE CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE ASSEMBLY, SAID LIP PORTION HAVING AN OPENING LARGER IN SIZE THAN THE MIRROR AND ENGAGING AND EXERTING COMPRESSIVE FORCES ON SAID THIRD PORTION OF SAID GASKET MEANS, AND SEAT MEANS FORMED IN SAID HOUSING MEANS AND DISPOSED INWARDLY OF AND CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO SAID WALL PORTION TOWARD THE CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE ASSEMBLY AND TERMINATING IN A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SURFACE, A PORTION OF SAID SEAT MEANS BEING LOCATED IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID LIP PORTION, AT LEAST THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID SEAT MEANS AS DEFINED BY SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING SURFACE BEING LARGER IN SIZE THAN THE MIRROR, PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID GASKET MEANS BEING COMPRESSIBLY ENGAGED ON SAID SEAT MEANS, AND PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID GASKET MEANS EXTENDING TOWARD THE CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE ASSEMBLY BEYOND THE TRANSVERSE INWARDLY EXTENDING SURFACE WHICH TERMINATES SAID SEAT MEANS.