Rear view mirror with day/night setting and adjustable panoramic view
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1. A rear view mirror assembly comprising:
- (a) a support member adapted to fasten to and be suspended to the center of the windshield terminating in an adjustable ball and socket coupling displaced away from the windshield;
(b) a mirror housing;
(c) an over center means pivotally attached to said mirror housing through an upper and a lower axis and further attached between said upper and lower axis to said support member through said adjustable ball and socket coupling such that the selection of positions of the over center means displaces the lower axis and housing relative to the upper axis creating a selectable change in the tilt of said housing;
(d) a plurality of prismoidal mirror segments sequentially positioned within said mirror housing with the centrally located mirror segment rigidly fixed to said housing and each successive mirror segments vertically hinged to said adjacent mirror segments within said housing; and
(e) a plurality of adjustable means each threadably attached to said housing and one of said successive hinged mirror segments such as to adjust said hinged mirror segments relative to said housing and thereby direct said hinged mirror segment towards a desired direction of view.
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A rear view mirror assembly comprising a ball and socket support member that attaches to the windshield and pivotally holds a mirror housing on a selectable over center mechanism with a multiple segmented prismoidal mirror within the housing having the central mirror segment fixed to the housing and the other mirror segments hinged vertically to the central mirror with a threadable means to adjust each hinged mirror segment relative to the housing. Such a rear view mirror assembly provides a selectable day/night setting and adjustable panoramic view.
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1. A rear view mirror assembly comprising:
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(a) a support member adapted to fasten to and be suspended to the center of the windshield terminating in an adjustable ball and socket coupling displaced away from the windshield; (b) a mirror housing; (c) an over center means pivotally attached to said mirror housing through an upper and a lower axis and further attached between said upper and lower axis to said support member through said adjustable ball and socket coupling such that the selection of positions of the over center means displaces the lower axis and housing relative to the upper axis creating a selectable change in the tilt of said housing; (d) a plurality of prismoidal mirror segments sequentially positioned within said mirror housing with the centrally located mirror segment rigidly fixed to said housing and each successive mirror segments vertically hinged to said adjacent mirror segments within said housing; and (e) a plurality of adjustable means each threadably attached to said housing and one of said successive hinged mirror segments such as to adjust said hinged mirror segments relative to said housing and thereby direct said hinged mirror segment towards a desired direction of view. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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Current AssigneeCharles Cook
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Original AssigneeCharles Cook
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InventorsCook, Charles
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Primary Examiner(s)Corbin, John K.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Gass, Rebecca D.
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Application NumberUS06/835,751Time in Patent Office659 DaysField of Search350/281, 350/626, 350/627US Class Current359/606CPC Class CodesB60R 1/081 avoiding blind spots, e.g. ...
