Rear view mirror assembly and system
OwnerIrving D. Pressinventor
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Abstract
A rear view mirror assembly including a housing and a mirror frame mounted in the housing. A pivot base sub-assembly is rotatably mounted in the housing and in mechanical communication with the mirror frame. A stored energy device is fixed to the housing and coupled to the pivot base sub-assembly. A control knob is in communication with the pivot base sub-assembly and adapted to control a scanning position of the mirror frame. The rear view mirror assembly could include a stationary base portion attached to a vehicle door and a mirror housing pivotable with respect to the stationary base portion, such that the mirror housing can be pivoted to view a desired portion of the rear view spectrum.
Claims24
A rear view mirror assembly comprising:
- a stationary base portion mounted to a vehicle;
- a mirror housing including a mirror, the mirror pivotable with respect to the mirror housing and the mirror housing pivotable with respect to the stationary base portion;
- a pivoting base assembly in the stationary base portion interconnected with the mirror housing,
- the mirror adjustable with respect to the mirror housing to position the mirror to a proper aiming location in a normal viewing sector for normal vehicle operation, and
- the pivoting base assembly pivotable about an arc to move the mirror housing and the mirror to a viewing position beyond the normal viewing sector;
- a control knob in communication with the pivoting base assembly to pivot the mirror housing and the mirror about an arc beyond the normal viewing sector and to maintain the mirror housing and the mirror in a desired position along the arc;
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- a stored energy device interconnected between the pivoting base assembly and the stationary base portion for automatically returning the mirror housing and the mirror to the proper aiming location.
A rear view mirror assembly comprising:
- a stationary base portion mounted to a vehicle comprising a fixed shaft attached at one end to the stationary base portion and extending through a first aperture in the stationary base portion;
- a mirror housing including a mirror positioned therein, the mirror housing pivotable with respect to the stationary base portion, the mirror housing having a second aperture through which the fixed shaft extends;
- a pivoting base assembly mounted in the stationary base portion and interconnected with the mirror housing;
- a control knob in communication with the pivoting base assembly to pivot the mirror housing about an arc and to maintain the mirror housing in a desired position along the arc;
- a stored energy device interconnected between the pivoting base assembly and the stationary base portion for automatically returning the mirror housing to a normal driving position;
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- a stop surface positioned in the stationary base portion, the stored energy device biasing an end of the pivoting base assembly against the stop surface when the pivoting base assembly is not actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.