VEHICLE INTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR

• US 3,806,232 A
• Filed: 10/06/1972
• Issued: 04/23/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ronald G. Gray
• Original Assignee: Ronald G. Gray
• Inventors: Gray, Ronald G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wibert, Ronald L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tokar, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US05/295,614
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 350/303,299,307,288,286,304
• US Class Current: 359/851
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/082 using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/10 with curved faces

Abstract

A vehicle rear view mirror the reflective surface of which is a reflective coating on a plurality of vertically extending strips, the lines of intersection of the planes of the strips with the front planar surfaces of the mirror being vertical and the angles which the individual planes of the vertically extending strips make with the planar surface increasing progressively from the center of the mirror towards the side edges of the mirror.

Claims

1. A rear view mirror having a front planar surface and a rear surface consisting of a reflective coating on a plurality of vertically extending strips, the front planar surface being the front face of a piece of glass having parallel surfaces, the strips being formed in a single piece of transparent plastic material adhered to the rear surface of the glass, the lines of intersection of the planes of the strips with the front planar surface of the mirror being vertical, and the angles which the individual planes of the vertically extending strips make with the front planar surface increase progressively from the center of the mirror towards the side edges of the mirror.

2. A rear view mirror according to claim 1 in which the strips are planar, the angular increments of the planes of the strips with the front planar surface being between 5 and 15 minutes, and the angles which the outermost strips make with the front planar surface being between 5* and 15*.

3. A rear view mirror according to claim 2 in which each vertically extending strip comprises a plurality of parallel faces and the lines of intersection of the planes of the faces with the rear surface of the glass are horizontal, whereby the reflective surface is composed of a plurality of rectangular planar sections inclined in two senses to the front planar surface oF the mirror.