US 5,280,555 AGranted

Visual accident prevention system

OwnerDavid P. Ainsburginventor

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Abstract

The visual accident prevention system relates to accident prevention through the use of a lens system, a fiberoptic cable system and a display device system. A lens system is placed on each side of the vehicle, at the very least, on the front portion of the vehicle, and, preferably, on the front portion and on the rear portion of the vehicle. Each of these lens systems have a fiberoptic cable system leading from the lens system to the lens system's corresponding display device. Each of these display devices when considered, in toto, form the display device system. Each lens system consists of a converging lens which receives the image from the blind spot which corresponds to the lens system's position on the vehicle. This converging lens reduces the image size and outputs this reduced size image to the diverging lens on which the converging lens abuts. The diverging lens, in turn, corrects the convergence of the reduced size image output from the converging lens and delivers this corrected reduced size image to the fiberoptic cable. The fiberoptic cable then delivers the image to the corresponding display device.

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Dependent claims

A visual accident prevention system comprising:

an outer casing being fitted to receive at least one fiberoptic transmission cable and at least one fiberoptic reception cable through at least one port;
each of said at least one fiberoptic reception cable include at least one forward receptor and at least one rear receptor;
each of said at least one forward receptor receive a forward input through a forward light gathering area;
each of said at least one forward receptor transmit a forward output through a forward light transmitting area;
each of said at least one rear receptor receive a rear input through a rear light gathering area;
each of said at least one rear receptor transmit a rear output through a rear light transmitting area;
at least one display device;
each of said at least one port being configured for a straight tip type connector;
each of said at least one port including a switch assembly mount;
said switch assembly mount being designed to receive a mirrored surface switch assembly;
said mirrored surface switch assembly being a mobile fixture;
said mirrored surface switch assembly mounting a reflective surface at a desired angle for reflection of a transmitted signal to each of said at least one fiberoptic reception cable;
and
a switch activator.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.