Patent Grant
12004632
The disclosure relates to mirror devices and more particularly pertains to a new mirror for viewing a surface of a body of a user which is obscured from view by the user.
The prior art includes mirror devices of various configurations for viewing obscured areas of the body. Some mirror devices of the prior art include a mirror which is mounted on a handle so that the mirror can be positioned away from a user's hands while the user can manipulate the positioning of the mirror with their hands. The prior art also discloses mirror devices that have multiple mirrors that are orientable in various angles with respect to each other. Such devices include those where the mirrors are pivotally interconnected to each other. The prior art also includes mirror devices that have lighting elements for lighting an area to be seen reflected by the mirror device. However, the prior art does not disclose a mirror device with a plurality of interconnected mirror panels with a lighting assembly and a handle attached to the mirror panels. Such a device provides an alternative to other mirror devices which allows a user to light and view an obscured area of their body while manipulating the position of the device with their hands.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mirror assembly comprising a plurality of mirror panels. The mirror panels are pivotally interconnected, and each mirror panel of the plurality of mirror panels has a reflective surface and a back surface opposing each other. The mirror assembly is positionable in a use condition wherein the plurality of mirror panels partially bound a region such that the plurality of mirror panels face the region. A light emitting assembly is coupled to the mirror assembly and is positioned to direct light away from the reflective surface of one of the plurality of mirror panels. A mount is attached to the mirror assembly and is positioned on the back surface of the first mirror panel. A handle is coupled to and extends away from the mount.
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
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A light emitting assembly 36 is coupled to the mirror assembly 12 and is positioned to direct light away from the reflective surface 24 of one of the plurality of mirror panels 14. The light emitting assembly 36 is positioned on the reflective surface 24 of the third mirror panel 20 and includes a plurality of light emitters 38 which are dispersed adjacent to a peripheral edge of the third mirror.
A mount 40 is attached to the mirror assembly 12 and is positioned on the back surface 26 of the first mirror panel 16. A handle 42 is coupled to and extends away from the mount 40. The handle 42 is pivotable with respect to the mount 40 and is telescopically extendable. The mount 40 includes a base 44 and a pair of sidewalls 46 which is coupled to and extends away from the base 44. The handle 42 is coupled to and positioned between the pair of sidewalls 46. A position lock 48 is engageable with the handle 42 and the mount 40 to secure the handle 42 in one of a plurality of positions with respect to the mount 40. The position lock 48 comprises a locking pin 50 which is coupled to the handle 42 and is biased to engage one sidewall 46 of the pair of sidewalls 46 of the mount 40. The one sidewall 46 has a plurality of openings 52 for receiving the locking pin 50 therethrough.
A power supply 54 is electrically coupled to the light emitting assembly 36 and is mounted to the handle 42. The power supply 54 comprises a battery 56. A switch 58 is electrically coupled to the power supply 54 and the light emitting assembly 36 and is operable to alternately turn the light emitting assembly 36 on and off. The switch 58 is also mounted on the handle 42. A charging port 60 is electrically coupled to the battery 56 for charging the battery 56 and is also positioned on the handle 42.
In use, the mirror assembly 12 is positioned in the use condition 28 and placed such that a surface of a body 64 of a user 62 is viewable by the user 62 as reflected through at least one of the mirror panels 14 of the plurality of mirror panels 14. The handle 42 may be fully extended and positioned in any of the plurality of positions to achieve this placement. For compact storage, the mirror assembly 12 may be folded into the folded condition 32 and the handle 42 may be fully retracted.
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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