Car rearview mirror structure

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6536908
  • Patent Number
    6,536,908
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, June 20, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 25, 2003
    21 years ago
Abstract
A car rearview mirror structure. A surface of the auxiliary mirror seat plate includes multiple longitudinal and transverse intersecting division lines, such that the auxiliary mirror seat plate can be bent at different angles to snugly attach to an outer periphery of a rearview mirror seat. An auxiliary mirror is attached to the auxiliary mirror seat.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The present invention is related to an improved car rearview mirror structure in which the adjustment bar is used to micro-adjust the elevation or depression angle of the mirror seat. An anti-collision warning device is provided and auxiliary mirrors are added to the rearview mirror so that the rearward sight is wider and clearer and the rearview mirror is beautified.




The rearview mirror of a car helps a driver to see and control the state of rear side and approaching cars on left and right sides so as to ensure safety in driving. A general rearview mirror is formed by a mirror seat, a mirror face and a fixing support lever. The mirror face is inlaid and fixed in the mirror seat. The center of the back face of the mirror seat is formed with a circular hole in which a ball body is inlaid. The ball body is adjustably connected with the fixing lever extending from the roof of the car, whereby a driver can adjust the rearview mirror to an optimal position to see and control the state of rearward cars and ensure safety.




However, the above rearview mirror is not equipped with any auxiliary mirror so that the rearward sight is limited and dead corners exist. This often leads to accidents. Moreover, the conventional rearview mirror lacks any micro-adjustment lever for micro-adjust the mirror face or mirror seat. Therefore, a driver can hardly accurately and quickly adjust the rearview mirror. This is inconvenient to the user. In addition, the conventional rearview mirror has monotonous appearance and it is impossible to add any decoration on the rearview mirror to beautify the appearance and highlight personal style. When passing by the cars running on the other way at night, the dim light often makes a driver fail to truly control the distance between the passing by cars. This is dangerous. Moreover, the rearview mirrors on two sides of the car are not equipped with any rain shield so that the rain water tends to attach to the rearview mirror and affect the sight.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved car rearview mirror structure which has wider and clearer rearward sight and beautified appearance.




The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective exploded view of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a perspective assembled view of the present invention;





FIG. 3

shows the application of the present invention;





FIG. 4A

shows the adjustment of the front ball rod of the present invention;





FIG. 4B

shows the adjustment of the rear ball rod of the resent invention;





FIG. 4C

shows that the arched mirror seat of the present invention is not yet micro-adjusted;





FIG. 4D

shows that the depression angle of the arched mirror seat of the present invention is micro-adjusted;





FIG. 4E

shows that the elevation angle of the arched mirror seat of the present invention is micro-adjusted;





FIG. 5

shows another application of the present invention;





FIG. 6

is a perspective exploded view of another embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 7

is a perspective assembled view of the embodiment of

FIG. 6

of the present invention;





FIG. 8

is a perspective exploded view of still another embodiment of the present invention; and





FIG. 9

is a perspective assembled view of the embodiment of

FIG. 8

of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Please refer to

FIGS. 1 and 2

. The car rearview mirror structure of the present invention includes an arched mirror seat


1


, an I-shaped adjustment bar


11


, a T-shaped bracket


10


, a fixing support lever


2


, auxiliary mirrors


3


, decorative outer frame


6


, auxiliary mirror seat places


7


and anti-collision warning device


9


. The arched mirror seat


1


is a flat rectangular and arched hollow shade body. The inner side thereof is provided with opposite insertion seats


35


having insertion channels


15


. A spring


12


and a locating steel ball


30


are disposed in the insertion seat


35


. A cover plate


14


is locked on the insertion seat


35


to fix the spring and steel ball therein. The auxiliary mirrors


3


are inserted in the insertion seats. The upper side of the ball rod


32


is provided with an insertion plate


31


locked on the auxiliary mirror


3


by a cover plate


33


and locking screw


13


. The T-shaped bracket cavities


100


cooperate with two shafts of the T-shaped bracket


10


. The front side of the T-shaped bracket


10


is provided with a restoring spring


12


and spring socket


120


for providing reaction force when micro-adjusting the mirror seat


1


. The cover plate


14


is disposed on rear side of the T-shaped bracket


10


. The locking screws


13


are locked on the arched mirror seat


1


to prevent the T-shaped bracket


10


from bounding out. The lower side is formed with a circular hole


16


through which the I-shaped adjustment bar


11


is passed. A pattern adjustment handle


110


is inserted on the I-shaped adjustment bar


11


for micro-adjusting the elevation or depression angle of the mirror seat


1


. Four sides of the arched mirror seat


1


are provided with opposite thread holes


130


for locking the outer frame


6


thereon. The front and rear ball rods


20


,


21


of the fixing support lever


2


can be both 360 degrees rotated. One end of the rear ball rod


21


is formed with a thread hole


130


. A locking screw


13


is screwed into the thread hole


130


to lock with the T-shaped bracket


10


. The other end is provided with a ball body inlaid in one end of the link


22


. One end of the front ball rod


20


is provided with a ball body inlaid in the other end of the link


22


for rotation and adjustment of the angle.




In actual use, referring to

FIGS. 3

,


4


A and


4


B, when micro-adjusting the angle of the arched mirror seat


1


, a user only needs to left or right turn the pattern adjustment handle


110


. At this time, the I-shaped adjustment bar


11


will act on the T-shaped bracket


10


to micro-adjust the elevation angle or depression angle. When the driver desires to add the auxiliary mirror


3


to the rearview mirror, the insertion plate


31


on upper side of the auxiliary mirror


3


is first inserted into the insertion channel


15


of the insertion seat


35


of the arched mirror seat


1


. The insertion plate


31


is formed with a central circular hole


34


which cooperates with the locating steel ball


30


of the insertion seat


35


to achieve a locating effect. Two sides of a lateral end of the insertion plate


31


and the inner side of front end of the circular hole


34


have an inward converged inclination angle to facilitate installation and detachment of the auxiliary mirror


3


. When adjusting the auxiliary mirror


3


, the user only needs to directly turn and shift the main body of the auxiliary mirror


3


. By means of the ball rod


32


connected to lower side of the insertion plate


31


, the auxiliary mirror


3


can be rotated by various angles and located.




Referring to

FIG. 5

, the decorative outer frame


61


is added to lateral side of the conventional outer frame


6


. When mounting the decoration


4


on the decorative outer frame


61


, a desired decoration


4


is locked on the decorative outer frame


61


by locking screws


13


. The decorative outer frame


61


and the decoration


4


are replaceable according to personal favor.




Referring to

FIGS. 6 and 7

, the color of the auxiliary mirror seat plate


7


can be changed. The surface thereof is formed with multiple longitudinal and traverse intersecting division lines


72


, whereby the seat plate


7


can be bent by different angles to snugly attach to the outer periphery of the rearview mirror seat A. The upper edge of the front auxiliary mirror seat plate


7


is provided with an insertion seat


35


near front end thereof. The insertion seat


35


has an insertion channel


15


in which the insertion plate


31


of the auxiliary mirror


3


is inserted. A rain shield plate


73


is disposed at a front end and on a lateral side of the insertion seat


35


to prevent the rain water from blurring the rearview mirror and ensure safety in driving. In addition, multiple pairs of hanging hooks


70


are disposed near lower edges of front and rear ends of the auxiliary mirror seat plate


7


for hooking the upper and lower edges of the rearview mirror seat A and cooperating with the fastening joint


71


on upper edge of the connecting sections of the front and rear auxiliary mirror seat plate


7


and being tensioned and fastened by the locking screw


13


and the inner thread. By means of double-face adhesive tape


8


, the seat plate


7


is fixedly adhered to the outer periphery of the rearview mirror seat


10


. In addition, the anti-collision warning device


9


is a rectangular body having a polygonal reflective crystal


90


. When passing by the cars running on the other way at night, the light beam coming from the headlight of the car coming from the opposite side will be reflected so that the driver can control the proper distance between the passing by cars and ensure safety. The back face of the warning device is formed with opposite thread holes. By means of double-face adhesive tape


8


and locking screws


13


, the warning device can be locked on the rearview mirror seat A.





FIGS. 8 and 9

show another embodiment of the present invention, in which the insertion seat


35


of the auxiliary mirror


3


is directly locked on the auxiliary mirror seat plate


7


by locking screws


13


, whereby the rearward sight can be widened.




The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. A car rearview mirror structure in which the color of an auxiliary mirror seat plate is changeable, a surface thereof being formed with multiple longitudinal and transverse intersecting division lines, whereby the auxiliary mirror seat plate can be bent by different angles to snugly attach to an outer periphery of a rearview mirror seat, an upper edge of the auxiliary mirror seat plate being provided with an insertion seat near a front end thereof, the insertion seat having an insertion channel in which an insertion plate of an auxiliary mirror is inserted, a rain shield plate being disposed at a front end and on a lateral side of the insertion seat to prevent the rain water from blurring the rearview mirror, multiple pairs of hanging hooks being disposed near lower edges of front and rear ends of the auxiliary mirror seat plate and adapted for hooking upper and lower edges of the rearview mirror seat and cooperating with a fastening joint on upper edge of connecting sections of the rear auxiliary mirror seat plate and being tensioned and fastened by a locking screw, by means of double-face adhesive tape, the auxiliary mirror seat plate being fixedly adhered to the outer periphery of the rearview mirror seat, and an anti-collision warning device having reflective crystal being disposed on the auxiliary mirror seat plate.
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Number Name Date Kind
4906088 Casey Mar 1990 A
5165081 Drumheller Nov 1992 A
5198938 Ward Mar 1993 A