Combined mirror and safety signal system
OwnerTherese M. Reynoldsinventor
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Abstract
The present invention features a combined mirror and safety signal system for boats or other vehicles. The system features a housing having a housing anterior surface and a housing posterior surface. A magnet is located on the housing anterior surface and a mounting bracket is located on the housing posterior surface. The system has a removable mirror unit having a mirror unit anterior surface and a mirror unit posterior surface. A mirror is inset into a mirror unit anterior surface. A magnet is inset into a mirror unit posterior surface. A lanyard is located on the mirror unit. The housing is mounted on a boat or other vehicle via the mounting bracket. The mirror unit posterior surface magnetically connects to the housing anterior surface to hold the mirror unit in place on the housing.
Claims3
A combined mirror and safety signal system (100) for boats or other vehicles, wherein said system (100) comprises:
- (a) a housing (200) having a housing anterior surface (210) and a housing posterior surface (220), wherein the housing anterior surface (210) comprises a housing top projecting edge (230), a housing bottom projecting edge (240), a housing first projecting edge (250), and a housing second projecting edge (260) disposed thereon, wherein the housing top projecting edge (230), the housing bottom projecting edge (240), the housing first projecting edge (250), and the housing second projecting edge (260) perpendicularly project out and away from the housing anterior surface (210), wherein the housing top projecting edge (230) and the housing bottom projecting edge (240) each comprise a recessed notch (270) disposed at a midpoint thereon, wherein the housing anterior surface (210) comprises a magnet (280) centrally disposed thereon, wherein the housing posterior surface (220) comprises a mounting bracket (290) disposed thereon for attaching to boats or other vehicles;
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- (b) a floating, removable mirror unit (300) having a mirror unit anterior surface (310) and a mirror unit posterior surface (320), wherein the removable mirror unit (300) comprises a mirror unit top edge (330), a mirror unit bottom edge (340), a mirror unit first edge (350), and a mirror unit second edge (360), wherein a mirror (400) is disposed on and inset into the mirror unit anterior surface (310) thereon, wherein a second magnet (280) disposed on and inset into the mirror unit posterior surface (320) thereon, wherein a lanyard (370) is disposed on the removable mirror unit (300), wherein the mirror unit posterior surface (320) comprises a rectangular channel (380) disposed therein for receiving the lanyard (370), wherein a gripping surface (390) is disposed on the mirror unit top edge (330) and the mirror unit bottom edge (340);
- wherein the housing (200) is disposed on the boat or other vehicle via the mounting bracket (290), wherein the mirror unit posterior surface (320) magnetically connects to the housing anterior surface (210) for securely attaching the removable mirror unit (300) to the housing (200).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.