Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with diverse-type art device
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-23
2001-11-13
Walberg, Teresa (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with diverse-type art device
C219S476000, C219S549000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06316746
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to window defrosting devices and more particularly pertains to a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle for keeping sideview mirrors free of ice.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of window defrosting devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, window defrosting devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,404,463; U.S. Pat. No. 4,634,242; U.S. Pat. No. 5,132,840; U.S. Pat. No. 5,448,397; U.S. Pat. No. 4,864,316; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 354,266.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle. The inventive device includes a transparent planar sheet and an electrical wire. The electrical wire has a medial portion that is coupled to the transparent planar sheet. An adhesive is coupled to a face of the planar sheet. The adhesive may be coupled to the mirror of the vehicle thereby coupling the planer sheet and medial portion of the electrical wire to the mirror. The electrical wire is designed to couple to a battery of the vehicle thereby creating an electrical current through the electrical wire. The electrical current passing through the electrical wire heats the electrical wire. The heating of the electrical wire defrosts the mirror.
In these respects, the defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of keeping sideview mirrors free of ice.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of window defrosting devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle construction wherein the same can be utilized for keeping sideview mirrors free of ice.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the window defrosting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art window defrosting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a transparent planar sheet and an electrical wire. The electrical wire has a medial portion that is coupled to the transparent planar sheet. An adhesive is coupled to a face of the planar sheet. The adhesive may be coupled to the mirror of the vehicle thereby coupling the planer sheet and medial portion of the electrical wire to the mirror. The electrical wire is designed to couple to a battery of the vehicle thereby creating an electrical current through the electrical wire. The electrical current passing through the electrical wire heats the electrical wire. The heating of the electrical wire defrosts the mirror.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the window defrosting devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art window defrosting devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle that is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle that is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle for keeping sideview mirrors free of ice.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle which includes a transparent planar sheet and an electrical wire. The electrical wire has a medial portion that is coupled to the transparent planar sheet. An adhesive is coupled to a face of the planar sheet. The adhesive may be coupled to the mirror of the vehicle thereby coupling the planer sheet and medial portion of the electrical wire to the mirror. The electrical wire is designed to couple to a battery of the vehicle thereby creating an electrical current through the electrical wire. The electrical current passing through the electrical wire heats the electrical wire. The heating of the electrical wire defrosts the mirror.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new defrosting assembly for a mirror of a vehicle that is adaptable for different size mirrors.
Even still another object of the present i
Patel Vinod D.
Walberg Teresa
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