Mirror bracket
OwnerPatrick W Bennettinventor
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Abstract
A mirror bracket is adapted for coupling a mirror to a vehicle. The mirror bracket comprises a main member that has a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface adapted for placement so that it is facing a side body panel of the vehicle; a side lip orthogonal to the rear surface; a bracket attachment location adapted for attaching the main member to the side body panel; an arm attachment structure for attaching an arm to the mirror bracket, wherein the mirror is attached to an end of the arm; wherein the arm attachment structure faces the front surface of the mirror bracket and the side lip extends away from the rear surface of the mirror bracket and is adapted to face a door jamb of the vehicle.
Claims20
A mirror bracket adapted for coupling a mirror to a vehicle, the mirror bracket comprising:
- a main member that has a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface adapted for placement on a side-body portion of said vehicle between said front bumper and a front door opening of said vehicle;
- a side lip orthogonal to said rear surface;
- a bracket attachment location adapted for attaching said main member to said side body portion of said vehicle between said front bumper and said front door opening of said vehicle;
- an arm attachment structure for attaching an arm to said mirror bracket, wherein said mirror is attached to said arm;
- wherein said arm attachment structure faces said front surface of said main member and said side lip extends away from said rear surface and is adapted to contact a door jamb of the vehicle, wherein the door jamb is a fixed body structure surface facing the front door opening of said vehicle;
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- wherein the side lip extends orthogonally from said rear surface and extends as a continuous structure in a continuous linear direction from a proximal end at the rear surface of the main member to a terminus of the side lip that defines an end of the side lip.
A method of attaching a mirror to a vehicle, the method comprising the steps
- providing a mirror bracket, wherein the mirror bracket comprises:
- a main member that has a front surface and a rear surface;
- a side lip orthogonal to said rear surface;
- a bracket attachment location adapted for attaching said main member to a side body portion of said vehicle;
- an arm attachment structure for attaching an arm to said mirror bracket, wherein said mirror is attached to said arm;
- wherein said arm attachment structure faces said front surface of said main member and said side lip extends away from said rear surface;
- placing the rear surface of the main member on said side body portion of the vehicle between said front bumper and a front door opening of said vehicle so that the side lip contacts a door jamb of said vehicle, wherein the door jamb is a fixed body structure surface that faces the front door opening of the vehicle, wherein the side lip extends orthogonally from said rear surface as a continuous structure in a continuous linear direction from a proximal end at the rear surface of the main member to a terminus of the side lip that defines an end of the side lip;
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- securing the mirror bracket to the vehicle via the bracket attachment location so that the main member is attached to said side body portion of said vehicle between said front bumper and said front door opening of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.