1985-05-07
1987-06-23
Watkins, Donald
350611, 350631, G02B 508
Patent
active
046748490
ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary vehicle mirror device having a first attachment mechanism for attachment to a first fixed structure of the vehicle, as for example, the frame of an existing automotive vehicle rear view mirror located in the interior passenger compartment. The auxiliary vehicle mirror comprises a second attachment mechanism capable of being attached to a second portion of a second portion of the automotive vehicle, as for example, a stud or the like secured to the vehicle and which normally retains the existing vehicle mirror. The auxiliary vehicle mirror device comprises a first shell, as for example, an outer shell, and a second shell capable of being attached thereto. The first and second shells each having mating bosses. Moreover, the boss on the outer or first shell includes a spring means which is retained on the boss and forms part of the first attachment mechanism. The second attachment mechanism comprises an internally threaded nut which is secured within the boss on the first shell and is capable of threadedly receiving a threaded end of the stud secured to the windshield or other portion of the automotive vehicle.
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patent: 2763187 (1956-09-01), Wiener
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patent: 3806232 (1974-04-01), Gray
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patent: 4575202 (1986-03-01), McGuire
Schaap Robert J.
Watkins Donald
Wink Corporation
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