Left and right side view mirrors

• US 9,102,278 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2013
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas M. Dauphinee
• Original Assignee: Thomas M. Dauphinee
• Inventors: Dauphinee, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): PENG, CHARLIE YU
• Application Number:
  US13/998,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20140233122A1
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 296/1.11
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/48 for parking purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/06 mounted on vehicle exterior B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/081 avoiding blind spots, e.g. by using a side-by-side association of mirrors

Abstract

Left and Right side view mirrors for a vehicle giving the driver a view outwardly to each side of the vehicle, to check lanes on each side, to ensure safe lane changes.

Claims

1. A pair of left and right side view mirrors for a vehicle and comprising:

a left side view planar mirror for a vehicle giving a driver a view outwardly to the left of the vehicle to check adjacent left lanes;

a right side view planar mirror for the vehicle giving the driver a view outwardly on the right side of the vehicle to check adjacent right lanes;

each of said left and right side view planar mirrors defining an upper edge and two side edges;

a first diagonal line across said left side view planar mirror extending from the right side edge of the left side view planar mirror to the left side edge at a downward angle on said left side view planar mirror;

a second diagonal line across said right side view planar mirror extending from the left side edge of the right side view planar mirror at a downward angle towards the right side edge of the right side view planar mirror;

an upper edge line on the right side view planar mirror extending parallel to the upper edge of said right side view planar mirror and a further upper edge line on the left side view planar mirror extending parallel to the upper edge of said left side view planar mirror; and

a mounting device for the left side view planar mirror and a separate mounting device for the right side view planar mirror, mounting the respective mirrors on the left and right hand sides of a windshield of the vehicle, the mounting devices permitting rotation and tilting of each said mirror to enable viewing of the left and right hand adjacent lanes respectively, thereby enabling safe lane changes.

2. The pair of side view mirrors for the vehicle as claimed in claim 1 and including a right hand edge line on said left side view planar mirror extending parallel to the right side edge of said left side view planar mirror, and a left hand edge line on said right side view planar mirror extending parallel to said left side edge of said right side view planar mirror.

3. The pair of side view planar mirrors for the vehicle as claimed in claim 2 wherein said left side view planar mirror has a predetermined cross sectional area and wherein said right side view planar mirror has a cross sectional area between 90% and 100% greater than said left side view mirror.

4. The pair of side view planar mirrors for the vehicle as claimed in claim 3 wherein said left side view planar mirror and said right side view planar mirror are of rectangular shape, and wherein each defines longer length and shorter height.

5. The pair of side view planar mirrors for the vehicle as claimed in claim 4 wherein the proportions between the length and height of each said side view planar mirror are between 5:

1 and 6;

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