Adjustable extremely large mirror for a vehicle
OwnerWilliam Ebertinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a vehicular mirror assembly for a rectangular shaped mirror typically found on industrial trucks, earthmovers, and dump trucks. The mirror is placed in a holder with two or more pillow block bearings secured on the back of the holder. A circular rod, creating a first axis, extends longitudinally through the pillow block bearings and is swivelly secured to a mounting bracket thereby forming a second axis. A remotely controlled ram is secured to the mounting bracket and proximate to the edge of the holder allowing operator control of the left/right motion around the second axis; a second remotely controlled ram is swivelly secured to the circular rod for up/down adjustment by the operator for movement of the second axis.
Claims18
A vehicular mirror assembly comprising:
- a) a rectangular mirror holder having a slot for placement of a mirror being at least three feet by ten inches, said mirror being positioned on a forward surface thereof, said rectangular mirror holder having on its rear surface, at least two pillow block bearings secured thereto;
- b) a circular rod extending longitudinally through said at least two pillow block bearings and forming thereby a first axis;
- c) a mounting bracket being securable to a vehicle at a first end thereof, a second end of said mounting bracket having two swivel pillow blocks swivelly securing said mounting bracket to said circular rod and forming a second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis;
- d) a first ram, a first end thereof secured to said mounting bracket and a second end thereof secured at a lateral position of the rear surface of said rectangular mirror holder, a portion of said first ram being substantially in line with the second axis;
- e) a second ram, a first end thereof secured to said mounting bracket and a second end secured to the circular rod;
- and,
- f) a manually controlled switch activating said first ram and the second ram.
A rectangular vehicular mirror assembly comprising:
- a) at least two pillow block bearings secured to a back of a rectangular mirror;
- b) a longitudinal circular rod extending longitudinally through said at least two pillow block bearings forming a first axis thereby;
- c) a horizontal circular rod extending horizontally and being swivelly secured to said rectangular mirror in line with the second axis;
- and,
- d) a block connector swivelly securing said circular rod and the horizontal circular rod to each other;
- e) a mounting bracket being securable to a vehicle at a first end thereof, a second end of said mounting bracket being swivelly secured to said longitudinal circular rod;
- f) a first ram, a first end thereof secured to the first end of said mounting bracket and a second end thereof secured at a lateral position of the horizontal circular rod;
- g) a second ram, a first end thereof secured to the first end of said mounting bracket and a second end secured to said longitudinal circular rod.
A vehicular mirror assembly comprising:
- a) four pillow block bearings secured to a back of a mirror, said four pillow block bearings arranged in a linear fashion;
- b) a circular rod extending longitudinally through said four pillow block bearings forming a first axis;
- c) a mounting bracket being securable to a vehicle at a first end thereof, a second end of said mounting bracket being swivelly secured to said circular rod and forming a second axis being substantially perpendicular to the first axis;
- and,
- d) a ram system being remotely activatable, said ram system having,
- 1) a first ram, a first end thereof secured to said mounting bracket and a second end thereof secured at a lateral position of a rear surface of a rectangular mirror holder such that a portion of said first ram substantially is in line with the first axis, and,
- 2) second ram, a first end thereof secured to said mounting bracket and a second end secured to circular rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.