Auxiliary external rear view mirror set for a motor vehicle

• US 5,044,739 A
• Filed: 01/29/1991
• Issued: 09/03/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Metagal Indãºstria E Comã©Rcio LTDA
• Original Assignee: Metagal Indãºstria E Comã©Rcio LTDA
• Inventors: do Espirito Santo, Antonio F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Arnold, Bruce Y.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHAFER, RICKY D
• Application Number:
  US07/647,451
• Time in Patent Office: 217 Days
• Field of Search: 350/624, 350/625, 350/626, 350/627, 350/632, 350/612, 248/467, 248/479, 248/481
• US Class Current: 359/864
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/082 using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected mirrors

Abstract

The auxiliary external rear view mirror set has a smaller auxiliary convex mirror mounted on a smooth comparatively larger base mirror so that the smaller auxiliary convex mirror may be tilted to a limited extent to more precisely position the wide angle field of view it provides. The convex mirror is attached to a tilting plate by an adhesive means. The tilting plate has a central projecting member with a cavity. A support plate attached to the smooth base mirror by another adhesive means has a corresponding central bar with a spherical head which engages in the cavity of the tilting plate so that the convex mirror and tilting plate are pivotable. Stop pieces mounted on the support plate spaced from the central bar are positioned to be engagable with offset members attached to the rear side of the tilting plate so that the tilting of the convex mirror is limited to some extent.

Claims

1. In an auxiliary external rear view mirror set of a motor vehicle, comprising a substantially smooth base mirror, a comparatively smaller auxiliary convex mirror having a convex front face and mounted on a reflective portion of said base mirror which is comparatively smaller than the remaining reflective portion of said base mirror, and means for mounting said auxiliary convex mirror on said base mirror, the improvement wherein said means for mounting said auxiliary convex mirror on said base mirror comprises a support plate fixedly mounted on said base mirror, said support plate having a front face and a central bar projecting from said front face, said central bar having a spherical head, said support plate also having at least one stop piece attached to said front face spaced from said central bar;

an adhesive means for mounting said support plate on said base mirror; and

a tilting plate having a front side and a rear side, said smaller auxiliary convex mirror being attached to said front side of said tilting plate by another adhesive means and said tilting plate having a central cylindrical projecting member with a cavity on a rear side thereof, said cavity being dimensioned so that said spherical head fits in said cavity, and said tilting plate also having at least one offset member spaced from said central cylindrical projecting member and positioned to be engagable by said stop piece of said support plate;

said stop piece, said spherical head and said projecting member being structured so that said smaller convex auxiliary mirror and said tilting plate is tiltable to an extend limited by engagement of said stop piece on said offset member.

2. The improvement as defined in claim 1, further comprising a Scotch in the form of a disk positioned at the bottom of said cavity of said central projection on which said spherical head is placed.

3. The improvement as defined in claim 1, wherein said tilting plate is provided with reinforcing members on said rear side thereof.

4. The improvement as defined in claim 1, wherein said adhesive means is an adhesive ribbon having adhesive on both sides thereof.

5. The improvement as defined in claim 1, wherein said support plate has two of said stop pieces spaced from said central bar and said tilting plate has two of said offset members spaced from said projecting member positioned to engage said stop pieces, when said tilting plate is tilted.

6. The improvement as defined in claim 1, wherein said stop piece has a V-shaped groove structured to engage said offset member.