Illuminated mirror

• US 3,211,903 A
• Filed: 07/29/1963
• Issued: 10/12/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elmer J. Mcelreath
• Original Assignee: Elmer J. Mcelreath
• Inventors: Mcelreath, Elmer J.
• Application Number:
  US04/298,217
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• US Class Current: 362/141
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0282 specially adapted for a courtesy mirror
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 13/06 using magneto-optical elements G11C13/042 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/802 Position or condition responsive switch

Claims

1. AN ILLUMINATED MIRROR FOR ATTACHMENT TO A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SUN VISOR IN AN AUTOMOBILE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A BASE PLATE HAVING INTURNED U-SHAPED CHANNEL PORTIONS ALONG ITS UPPER AND LOWER EDGES, A MIRROR SECURED AGAINST ONE FACE OF SAID BASE PLATE BY MEANS OF HAVING ITS OPPOSITE MARGINAL EDGES RETAINED BY SAID CHANNEL PORTIONS, SAID MIRROR EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID BASE PLATE, SAID BASE PLATE HAVING UPTURNED FLANGES AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS AND SPACED FROM THE ADJACENT MIRROR ENDS, A TRANSLUCENT LAMP HOUSING REMOVABLY SECURED TO EACH FLANGE AND COVERING THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID BASE PLATE PROJECTING BEYOND THE ENDS OF SAID MIRROR, A FIRST CLIP TYPE LAMP HOLDER IN EACH LAMP HOUSING SOLDERED TO SAID BASE PLATE, A SECOND CLIP TYPE LAMP HOLDER IN EACH LAMP HOUSING INSULATED FROM SAID BASE PLATE, A DOUBLE ENDED LAMP RREMOVABLY SECURED TO SAID HOLDERS IN EACH LAMP HOUSING, A POSITION SENSITIVE MERCURY SWITCH IN ONE LAMP HOUSING, A MANUALLY OPERABLE ON-OFF SWITCH IN SAID LAST MENTIONED LAMP HOUSING, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY OF AN AUTOMOBILE AND INCLUDING CONDUCTORS CONNECTING SAID LAMPS IN PARALLEL AND TO SAID SITCHES, THE LATTER BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES, AND MOUNTING CLIPS SECURED TO THE FACE OF SAID BASE PLATE OPPOSITE THE FACE COVERED BY SAID MIRROR AND ADAPTED TO HOLD THE AFORESAID ASSEMBLY TO THE SUN VISOR IN AN AUTOMOBILE.