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US 5,671,096 AGranted
Vanity mirror
AssigneeKoito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihide Yoshida, Atsushi Yamada
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Abstract
A vanity mirror including: a mirror body arranged with a mirror; a cover turnably received by the mirror body so that it may be opened/closed relative to the mirror; and spring means for urging the cover in at least the closing direction. A shaft is fixedly received by one of the mirror body and the cover for receiving the other and is formed with a friction surface part having an enlarged coefficient of friction on the surface to be brought into sliding contact with the other.
Claims11
A vanity mirror for an automobile, comprising:
- a mirror body arranged with a mirror;
- a cover received by said mirror body;
- a spring member for urging said cover in at least a closing direction;
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- a shaft means for rotatably supporting said cover on said mirror body, said shaft means comprising a first part and a second part, said first part being fixedly received by one of said mirror body and said cover with said second part being rotatably received by an other of said mirror body and said cover, said second part comprising a friction surface part having an enlarged friction coefficient on a surface thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.