Mirror connector
OwnerRodney A. Duncan, Wendel W. Hallinventors
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Abstract
A mirror connector is provided which enables a rectangular rear view mirror of the type customarily used on pick-up trucks and the like to be realigned from its normally vertically aligned longitudinal axis position to a horizontally aligned longitudinal axis mounting. The connector can be used with the original frame to which the mirror was originally mounted. Such a realignment permits the driver of the vehicle a wider view of the area behind the vehicle such that more lanes of roadway are visible than in the original mounting position of the mirror.
Claims4
A mirror connector for a rectangular rear view mirror having a substantially L-shaped support stem which is normally secured through an aperture in a horizontal flange of a support frame, said connector comprising:
- an elongated stem having an axial bore at its lower end adapted to threadably receive a bolt therein, and
- a head portion secured to the upper end of said stem, and including a transverse throughbore adapted to slidably receive a shank of the L-shaped support stem, said head portion further including an axial throughbore extending from said transverse throughbore to the top of said head portion adapted to threadably receive a bolt therein to secure said shank within said transverse throughbore.
A mirror connector for securing a rectangular mirror to a support frame mounted on a vehicle body, said support frame having a flange with an aperture therethrough, said connector comprising,
- an elongated body having a transverse throughbore adapted to receive a shank of a mirror support stem,
- means for securing said body at its lower end to a support frame, and
- means for securing said shank within said throughbore, wherein said body securing means comprises a lower body portion having a threaded axial bore therein, said bore being registrable with said aperture, and a bolt recieved through said aperture and threadably engageable within said axial bore.
A mirror conversion connector for use with a vehicle having two vertically mounted rectangular mirrors, each having an L-shaped support stem which is normally secured through an aperture in a horizontal flange of each of two support frames on each side of the vehicle such that the mirrors extend on opposite sides of the vehicle, said connector comprising:
- an elongated stem having an axial bore at its lower end, said bore being registrable with an aperture of a support frame and adapted to threadably receive a bolt therein so as to secure said stem to said support frame;
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- a head portion secured to the upper end of said stem and including a transverse throughbore adapted to slidably receive the shank of the L-shaped support stem of the mirror which is normally secured through the aperture in the horizontal flange of the opposite support frame, said head portion further having an axial throughbore extending from said transverse throughbore to the top of said head portion adapted to threadably receive a bolt therein to secure the shank of the L-shaped support stem of the mirror which is normally secured through the aperture in the horizontal flange of the opposite support frame, thereby converting the mirror from said opposite support frame to a horizontally mounted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.