Optical: systems and elements – Mirror – Retractable vehicle mirror
Patent
1997-09-25
2000-10-17
Shafer, Ricky D.
Optical: systems and elements
Mirror
Retractable vehicle mirror
359872, 359877, 248478, 248479, G02B 508, G02B 7182, B60R 106
Patent
active
061320501
ABSTRACT:
A rearview mirror system for vehicles comprises a plurality of base-housing sets adapted for a variety of car body styles, each of the sets comprising a base and a housing incorporating a mirror and adapted for the base, the set being to be installed to the right of the car body; a plurality of base-housing sets adapted for a variety of car body styles, each of the sets comprising a base and a housing incorporating a mirror and adapted for the base, the set being to be installed to the left of the car body; and a plurality of positioning units each coupled to each of the base-housing sets to turn the housing to a viewing position where the housing protrudes laterally from the car body and the mirror gives the driver a necessary rearview to one of parking positions where the housing is directed toward the car tail or the car head. Of the elements which are used to install the positioning unit to the housing, those on the housing side are designed in a same shape for all the housings while those on the positioning unit side are also designed in a same shape for all the positioning units. A projection is formed on the base and concavities are formed in the rotary member and housing or in the rotary member and a member separable from the rotary member and fixed to the housing, respectively. When the projection is engaged into any one of the concavities, the housing is blocked against turning in one of the parking positions.
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Kato George
Miki Tsuyoshi
Sakata Ikuo
Sho Yuji
Ichikoh Industries Ltd.
Shafer Ricky D.
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