Patent Grant
11307401
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The disclosure relates to mirror enhancement devices and more particularly pertains to a new mirror enhancement device for magnifying a portion of a mirror.
The prior art relates to mirror enhancement devices. Existing devices typically include mirrors with permanently embedded magnified portions. Other devices utilize an adhesive film that can be applied to a screen of an electronic device. These devices do not provide a portable, reusable solution that can be temporarily applied to any standard mirror.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a magnifier body having a body back side, a body front side, and a body perimeter. The magnifier body is transparent and the body front side is convex to create a magnifying effect. The magnifier body is sufficiently flexible to be rolled for storage and transport. The body back side is configured to selectively engage a mirror. A storage tube has an open tube top side to receive the magnifier body. A cap is selectively engageable with the open tube top side of the storage tube.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The magnifier body 12 is sufficiently flexible to be rolled for storage and transport. The body back side 14 is configured to selectively engage a mirror 24. The body back side 14 may cling to the mirror 24 with static electricity or with suction. Alternatively, an adhesive may be distributed on the body back side 14, particularly behind the border portion 20.
A storage tube 25 has an open tube top side 28 to receive the magnifier body 12 once it has been rolled. A cap 26 is selectively engageable with the open tube top side 28 of the storage tube. The cap 26 and the open tube top side 28 may be threaded.
A holding clip 30 may be coupled to the cap 26. The holding clip 30 may have a tapered distal end 32 for easier insertion into the storage tube 26. The holding clip 30 has a pinch slot 34 extending from adjacent the cap 26 through the tapered distal end 32. The pinch slot 34 secures the body perimeter 18 of the magnifier body and allows the magnifier body 12 to be rolled around the holding clip 30. The holding clip 30 extends into the storage tube 25 when the cap 26 is engaged with the open tube top side 28.
In use, the body back side 14 is engaged with the mirror 24. The central convex portion 22 then creates a magnified viewing area for makeup application, shaving, or general self-inspection. When done, the mirror body 12 is removed from the mirror 24 and engaged with the pinch slot 34 and wrapped around the holding clip 30. The cap 26 is engaged with the open tube top side 28 to fully seal and protect the mirror body 12 within the storage tube 25.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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