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US 9,176,364 B2Granted
Deployable storable mirror
OwnerDan Vanceinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a view-changing mirror for use with an imaging or image-recording device, including a mirror assembly having a mirror configured to move between a stored position and a deployed position, wherein in the stored position the mirror is proximate the imaging or image-recording device and in the deployed position the direction of view is not oriented in the same direction as a subject being viewed in the imaging or image-recording device.
Claims5
A view-changing mirror for use with an imaging or image-recording device comprising:
- a mirror assembly having a mirror configured to move between a stored position and a deployed position, wherein in the stored position the mirror is proximate the imaging or image-recording device and in the deployed position the direction of view is not oriented in the same direction as a subject being viewed in the imaging or image-recording device,
- wherein the mirror is coupled to a platform attached to the imaging or image-recording device,
- wherein the mirror assembly includes a mirror coupled to a holder and a yoke, the holder being rotatably coupled to the yoke to allow the mirror to move up and down from the stored position to an open position, and the yoke being rotatably coupled to the platform to allow the mirror to rotate from the open position to the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.