Car seat safety mirror
OwnerPatricia Nolan-Browninventor
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Abstract
A mirror attached to a child car safety seat. The mirror is attached to the car seat by means of a flexible stem connected to a base module attached to the car seat. The stem may be bent to any desired position. The base module may be manipulated to also alternate the position of the mirror. The mirror and stem may be removed from the base module. A fabric cover with elastic edging is positioned over the back of the mirror and flexible stem. The fabric cover may have a stuffed figure attached thereto.
Claims12
A mirror device directly attached to a child car safety seat located in a rear seat of a vehicle whereby a vehicle driver or front seat passenger may observe a child in said car safety seat and facing the back rest of said rear seat by means of an image reflected from the mirror device, comprising:
- a mirror with a perimeter edge and having a reflecting surface on one of its sides and an obverse side;
- a base module attached to said car safety seat, comprising:
- an attachment element attached to said child car safety seat;
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- a connection element, said connection element being removably attached to a stem base end portion, and being removably joined to said attachment element;
- an elongated, flexible stem interconnecting said mirror to said base module, said stem having two end portions, a mirror end portion and said stem base end portion, said stem being adapted to hold its shape after being bent;
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- a fabric cover fitted over the mirror obverse side and just covering the perimeter edge of the mirror reflecting surface;
- wherein said base module connection element has a frustum shape with a small diameter top, a parallel large diameter bottom, and a side wall interconnecting said top and bottom, said stem base end portion being fixedly joined to said side wall, said connection element bottom having a rounded aperture formed therein with a radial flange element about the aperture near the connection element bottom;
- wherein said attachment element is comprised of a generally disk-like element with a flat, planar attachment side and a receiving side, said attachment side having connection means applied thereto, said receiving side having a rounded element formed centrally thereon, said rounded element having the shape of an approximate two-thirds sphere;
- wherein said connection element aperture is adapted to matingly join the attachment element receiving side rounded element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.