REARVIEW MIRROR AND ADJUSTING MECHANISM THEREFOR

• US 3,427,094 A
• Filed: 10/17/1966
• Issued: 02/11/1969
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George E. Scheitlin, John C. Brighton
• Original Assignee: George E. Scheitlin, John C. Brighton
• Inventors: Scheitlin, George E., Brighton, John C.
• Application Number:
  US04/587,164
• Time in Patent Office: 848 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. IN A REARVIEW MIRROR, A HOUSING HAVING ITS FRONT SIDE OPEN, A MIRROR FIXEDLY SECURED IN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING A LOW AND A HIGH EFFICIENCY REFLECTOR ANGULARLY DISPOSED IN FRONT TO BACK RELATIONSHIP, A TILT PLATE, MEANS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID TILT PLATE TO SAID HOUSING AT ONE END THEREOF, SPRING MEANS CONTACTING SAID TILT PLATE CLOSELY ADJACENT THE TILT PLATE AND HOUSING INTERCONNECTING MEANS AND ACTING IN TENSION BETWEEN SAID TILT PLATE AND HOUSING, BRACKET MEANS IN SAID HOUSING REMOTE FROM SAIDL TILT PLATE AND HOUSING CONNECTING MEANS, AN ACTUATOR ROTATABLY CARRIED IN SAID BRACKET MEANS AND PROJECTING OUT OF SAID HOUSING, SAID ACTUATOR HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED CAM FACE AND CAM FLAT IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TILT PLATE AND SAID SPRING MEANS REMOTE FROM SAID TILT PLATE AND HOUSING INTERCONNECTING