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US 6,786,612 B2Granted
Turning mirror
OwnerStephen Weinreichinventor
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Abstract
A mirror which the viewer's reflection rotates clockwise or counterclockwise along with the rotation of the mirror.
Claims15
A method to produce a rotated image of a viewer thereof, said image being observable to the viewer in real-time, comprising the steps of:
- a) arranging two planar mirror surfaces to form an intersection having an interior the planes defined by the surfaces form an intersection having an interior angle of ninety degrees;
- b) positioning a viewer to face the interior angle and about or near an axis that is perpendicular to the intersection and bisects the interior angle;
- and,
- c) orienting the intersections to be other than perpendicular to a plane that passes through both eyes of the viewer and also is coincident with the line of sight of the viewer.
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A method for rotating a self-image of a viewer, said image being observable to the viewer in real-time, comprising the steps of:
- arranging two planar mirror surfaces to form a mirror assembly, the planes defined by the surfaces forming an intersection with an interior angle of ninety degrees;
- positioning a viewer to face the interior angle of the mirror assembly and about or near an axis that is perpendicular to the intersection and bisects the interior angle;
- and,
- rotating the assembly about the axis.
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An apparatus for rotating an image of a viewer thereof, said image being obeservable to the viewer in real-time, comprising:
- two planar mirror surfaces arranged to form a mirror assembly, wherein the planes defined by the surfaces form an intersection with an interior angle of ninety degrees, and wherein the mirror assembly is free to rotate about an axis that is perpendicular to the intersection and bisects the interior angle;
- a rotatable housing linked through a linkage to the mirror assembly that enables rotation of the assembly;
- and,
- a cover, comprising a window through which a viewer may observe a real-time self-image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.