# US 2014/0153123 A1 · Pipe mountable mirror with bracket

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- Number: US 2014/0153123 A1
- Document ID: US20140153123A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/694,009
- Filed: 2012-10-18
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-18
- Inventors: Jeffrey D. Hancock; Christopher N. Schenck
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153123A1

## CPC

- B60R 1/06: mounted on vehicle exterior {(B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence)}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket has a pipe mounting member with semi-circular surface to engage and to be clamped to an upright support or overhead, horizontal structural member and that has a projecting arm supporting a cylindrical base with a bore therethrough and a non-rotating ring of teeth surrounding the base; a mirror support arm having one end pivotable around the base, and a bore therethrough aligned with the bore through the base, and a ring of teeth that mesh with the teeth surrounding the base and a coiled spring acting to bias the ring of teeth rotable with the arm into meshing engagement with the non-rotable ring of teeth and being adjustable held in mesh by a bolt inserted through the spring and threaded into a nut secured in the cylindrical base, and a threaded shaft projecting from the other end of the mirror arm, a locking nut threaded onto the shaft and an attachment member fixed to a mirror and turned onto the threaded shaft.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket comprising
a pipe mounting assembly for engaging a pipe;
clamping means to secure said pipe mounting assembly to a pipe;
a base support arm projecting from said pipe mounting assembly;
a fixed first ring of teeth supported on said base support arm;
a bore through said first fixed ring of teeth;
a mirror support arm;
a mirror secured to one end of said mirror support arm;
a housing fixed to an opposite end of said mirror support arm, said housing having a bore therethrough;
a second ring of teeth in said bore through said housing with the face of teeth of said first ring of teeth including in face-to-face relationship with the teeth of said second ring of teeth; and
means adjustably and resiliently biasing said second ring of teeth into meshing engagement with said first ring of teeth.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 1, further including
a shock dampener intermediate the length of the mirror support arm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 2, wherein
The shock dampener is a resilient member secured against rotation In a sleeve threaded onto bolts at opposite ends of said sleeve, and said bolts engaging said resilient member and projecting from spaced apart portions of said mirror support arms.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 2, wherein the pipe mounting assembly includes
a partial sleeve with spaced inner and outer curved surfaces extending the length of the partial sleeve whereby said partial sleeve will partially encircle a pipe.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 1, where the pipe housing includes
a partial sleeve with spaced inner and outer curved surfaces extending the length of the partial sleeve whereby said partial sleeve will partially encircle a pipe.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 1, wherein
the means biasing said second ring of teeth into meshing engagement with said first ring of teeth comprising a coil spring.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 2, wherein
the means biasing said second ring of teeth into meshing engagement with said first ring of teeth comprising a coil spring.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 3, wherein
the means biasing said second ring of teeth into meshing engagement with said first ring of teeth comprising a coil spring.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket as in claim 5, wherein
the means biasing said second ring of teeth into meshing engagement with said first ring of teeth comprising a coil spring.

### Claim 10

A pipe mountable mirror with bracket comprising
a pipe mounting assembly including an elongate partial sleeve with spaced inner and outer curved surfaces extending the length of the partial sleeve whereby said partial sleeve will partially encircle a pipe;
clamping means to encircle and secure said inner curved surface said elongate partial sleeve to a pipe, or tube of a rear to a motorized craft;
a base support arm fixed to and projecting from said outer wall of said outer curved surface and having a flat top surface;
an upstanding circular base formed (??) on said flat surface;
circular support extending from circular base;
a ring of teeth formed on said circular base and surrounding said circular support;
a first bore through said circular support;
a second larger bore axially aligned with said bore through said circular support and extending through said circular base and said base support arm;
a nut positioned in said second larger bore;
an elongate mirror support arm having a threaded shaft projecting from one end thereof;
a cylindrical housing on an opposite end of said mirror support arm, said housing having a counter bore therethrough with a large counter bore extending through one end of said housing to a shoulder in said housing and a smaller counter bore extending from an opposite end of said housing to said shoulder;
an encircling groove in said shoulder at the end of the large counter bore;
a second ring of teeth formed on the opposite side of said shoulder and said smaller counter bore;
a coil spring in said larger counter bore and having one end fitted into said groove;
a nut in said smaller bore and means to prevent rotation of said nut in said bore;
a bolt having a head, a threaded bolt shaft and a shoulder between said head and said threaded bolt shaft, said shoulder fitted into the other end of said coiled spring and said threaded bolt shaft extending through said coiled spring and threaded onto said nut;
a sleeve threaded onto and projecting from said first threaded shaft projecting from said one end of said mirror support arm;
a shock absorbing in said sleeve and engaging said first threaded shaft;
a second threaded shaft having one end engaging said shock absorber and having a threaded end projecting from said sleeve;
at least one set screws threaded through a wall of said sleeve and engaging said shock absorber to hold said shock absorber in place in said sleeve;
a finger nut threaded on said second threaded shaft; and
a mirror having a reflective front surface and a rear surface with an interiorly threaded coupling affixed thereto, said coupling being threaded onto the projecting end of said second threaded shaft.