Two position non-glare mirror

• US 3,253,510 A
• Filed: 08/27/1962
• Issued: 05/31/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David P. Clayton
• Original Assignee: David P. Clayton
• Inventors: Clayton, David P.
• Application Number:
  US04/219,485
• Time in Patent Office: 1,373 Days
• US Class Current: 359/606
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/086 using a mirror angularly movable between a position of use and a non-glare position reflecting a dark field to the user, e.g. situated behind a transparent glass used as low-reflecting surface; Wedge-shaped mirrors

Claims

1. AN ANTI-GLARE REAR VIEW MIRROR COMPRISING A HOUSING IN WHICH THERE IS POSITIONED A MIRROR HAVING TWO REFLECTING SURFACES OF DIFFERENT REFLECTING POWERS, WHICH HOUSING HAS AN APERTURED WALL THROUGH WHICH A SUPPORT EXTENDS INTO THE HOUSING INTERIOR;

A MOUNTING PLATE CARRIED ON SAID SUPPORT WITHIN SAID HOUSING, YEILDABLE PLATE SECURED TO SAID SPACED POINTS THEREON RESPECTIVELY RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND HOUSING TO HINGE THE LATTER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, SAID YIELDABLE PLATE MEANS CONTINUOUSLY URGING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING ABOUT SAID AXIS IN ONE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID MOUTING PLATE, AND AN OPERATING LEVER HAVING A FIRST PORTION ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID MOUNTING PLATE AND INCLUDING A CAM PORTION LOCATED ON AN AXIS ECCENTRIC TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION ON SAID FIRST PORTION AND ENGAGING SAID HOUSING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID PLATE MEANS TO CONTROL PIVTOL MOVEMENT OF SAID HOUSING IN SAID ONE DIRECTION AND IN A DIRECTION OPPOISITE THERETO.