US 11,077,796 B1 · Mirror assembly with extended mount and super duty mirror system/door delete option and support plate with slots

Abstract

An extended mirror mounting assembly for mounting one or more mirrors to a vehicle is provided. The mirror mounting assembly has one or more mirror mounting arms, each including an arm portion and configured to support the mirrors. The mirror mounting assembly has a lower support member including a lower base end portion configured to be connected to the vehicle at a first vehicle location and a lower distal end portion configured to be connected to the mirror mounting arms at a first mount location. The mirror mounting assembly has an upper support member including an upper base end portion configured to be connected to the vehicle at a second location and an upper distal end portion configured to be connected to the mirror mounting arms at a second mount location. The mirror mounting assembly has a lateral support post or spacer including a lateral base end portion configured to be connected to the vehicle at a third vehicle location and a lateral distal end portion configured to be connected to the upper support member.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A mirror mounting assembly for mounting a mirror to a vehicle having at least one hinged door with a door hinge area, comprising:

a mirror mounting arm having an arm portion configured to support a mirror;
and
a rigid support member configured to be mounted to a frame of the vehicle at a first vehicle location and a second vehicle location, the first vehicle location and the second vehicle location form a line that is substantially vertical to the ground, wherein the rigid support member is configured to be connected to the mirror mounting arm at a mount location, and wherein the rigid support member is fastened into the door hinge area of the vehicle when the hinged door is removed.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/012,625Filed 19 Jun 2018 · continuation in part

Priority

2 Apr 2015

Granted

3 Aug 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B60R 1/06
Rear-view mirror arrangements: mounted on vehicle exterior
B60R 1/0617
Specially adapted for mounting on trucks, e.g. by C-shaped support means: foldable along the vehicle, e.g. in case of external force applied thereon
B60R 1/082
Avoiding blind spots, e.g. by using a side-by-side association of mirrors: using a single wide field mirror or an association of rigidly connected…
B62D 65/16
Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components: the…

Family

Application62/141,913Us provisional application · filed 2 Apr 2015

Application15/088,623Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 Apr 2016

Application62/524,367Us provisional application · filed 23 Jun 2017

US 10,821,898 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 11,077,796 B1This patent

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Mirror assembly with extended mount and super duty mirror system/door delete option and support plate with slots

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Mirror assembly with extended mount and super duty mirror system/door delete option and support plate with slots

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Abstract

Claims21