Tether attached back seat safety mirror
AssigneeBlue Ridge International Products Company
InventorPatricia Nolan-Brown
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Abstract
A device is described for observing an infant in a rear facing safety seat located in the rear seat of a motor vehicle. A rear seat mirror has a front reflecting surface and a back surface. A mirror positioning structure is connected to the back surface by a v-shaped arrangement of support surfaces. A mirror attachment assembly includes at least one strap having a secured end connected to at least one of the back surface and the mirror positioning structure, and a free end having a fastener capable of connecting to a tether anchor associated with the rear seat.
Claims18
A combination comprising:
- a top tether anchorage point intended for attachment of the top tether of a forward facing child safety seat in a motor vehicle, and a pair of lower child seat anchorage points;
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- a device for observing an infant in a rear facing child safety seat located in the rear seat of the motor vehicle, said device in turn comprising
- a mirror assembly including a rear seat mirror having a front reflecting surface and a back surface, and a mirror positioning structure connected to said back surface,
- an upper strap for connecting said mirror assembly to said top tether anchorage point, and
- a pair of lower straps for connecting said mirror assembly to said lower child seat anchorage points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.