GB2208633A - Front-view and rear-view mirror assembly for vehicles and conveyances - Google Patents
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Abstract
A mirror assembly for installation on the outside of the lefthand and/or the righthand sides of the vehicle, enables the driver to see views both in front of and to the rear of the vehicle. The mirror assembly is box-shaped and has a first mirror 7(1) providing views of the side area ahead of the vehicle from the ground upwards. Such views are reflected into a second mirror 7(2) which is installed so as to face towards the first mirror and, with suitable adjusting and setting of the angles of the mirrors, enables a driver to see the reflected views in the mirror 7(2) by looking through a clear plastic sheet or transparent glass panel 9. A third mirror 7(3) is installed outside the box and can be adjusted and set to provide views of the side area to the rear of the vehicle from the ground upwards. <IMAGE>
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Front-view and Rear-view Mirror for
Vehicles and Conveyances
This invention is concerned with mirrors enabling one to see the panorama both in front and behind all the way. They are installed in an external position on either the lefthand side or the righthand side of the vehicle or conveyance, to assist in promoting to allow the driver of the vehicle or conveyance, to obtain benefits in seeing pictures of the scenery on the sides both in front and to the rear of the vehicle or conveyance, in a comprehensive manner, at the very least from ground level onwards.
Generally the mirrors used for looking at the scenic picture to the rear, which are installed at an external position of a vehicle or conveyance, are generally known as "side-view (or rear-view) mirrors", which may be used with, for example, motor vehicles. Such rear-view mirrors have been designed in order that drivers will benefit from seeing the scenic pictures specifically only for the parts to the back of the vehicle or conveyance. They were not designed with any consideration given to see the scenery layout on the side area of the parts in front of the vehicle or conveyance in any manner.
Moreover, regarding the inventions of mirrors used for looking at the rear view, for the ordinary design widely used everywhere, the inventors usually aim to design the accessory equipment for adjusting and setting and/or accessory equipment holding the mirrors in place, making them in good form and features in various designed shapes.For example, there is arrangement of accessory equipment for adjusting and setting the mirrors so as to enable the user to adjust and set the mirrors easily and conveniently, e.g., being adjustable by an electrical system or a manualadjustingsystem, etc., providing accessory equipment for holding the mirror so that it will be strong and sturdy, arranging methods of the accessory equipment holding the mirror in place which can be installed in various locations of the parts of the vehicle or conveyance, or arranging the mirrors to have installed locations near the eye-sight of the driver of the vehicle or conveyance, as well as providing and arranging said accessory equipment so as to enable the adjusting of the mirrors so as to look at other sides also.These devices have been adjusted and improved so that the users of them will be enabled to operate them easily and conveniently and more appropriately. But this does not mean that such improvements will assist in solving the problem of being able to have a better view for the users, in a completely successful and advanced manner for all such problems.
The obstacle that causes problems and trouble for drivers of vehicles and conveyances is that when the drivers want to look at the side-view in front of the vehicle, the side-view mirrors of the ordinary type can, of course, not help the drivers to see the view all along the side of the vehicle. It is able to reflect only the view in the rear, alongside the vehicle. For instance, when the driver wants to park his vehicle as close to the edge of the pavement as possible, or when passing other vehicles in case the location of the steering-wheel is not where it should be. This depends upon the traffic rules of each locality. When the driver looks directly, he will be unable to look at and see the view in the area in front, on the sides of the vehicle everywhere and thoroughly.This is because the line of vision of the driver looking out straight in an ordinary manner will be partially blocked by the body of the vehicle or conveyance. In a similar manner, in the second case, when a driver wants to pass other vehicles, he is not able to drive his vehicle easily, conveniently and safely, as desired, because his steering-wheel is located in the wrong position and another vehicle is blocking him in front. These circumstances cause the driver to be unable to look and see with his own eyesight directly as to whether there is another vehicle coming from the opposite direction or not. If there is another vehicle coming from the opposite direction, is the interval near or far, very near or very far.
These things a driver is unable to know in advance. In practice, the diver must depend upon his own skill to resolve those immediate problems. Suppose that a driver's skills are inadequate, this can cause damage and destruction to property, and sometimes it can result in accident, causing danger, and destruction leading to loss of life.
These things are caused because drivers cannot see the view in the front, along the sides of the vehicle while a driver is driving. Consequently, there are various obstacles which are trouble some problems for drivers, as aforementioned. These problems can be corrected directly and successfully by this invention of side-view mirrors which can enable driver to see the view in front and at the rear end along the side of a vehicle while it is being driven.
This invention is designed to enable each driver to drive efficiently, easily, conveniently and safely by providing the driver with the capability of seeing the views on the sides, both in front and in the back of the vehicles or conveyances with his/her own eyesight. Regardless of driving conditions for the vehicle which are beset with obstacles, and the skill of the drivers of the vehicles, this invention will enhance drivers of all sexes and all ages to drive efficiently.
The mirrors for looking ahead and to the rear, according to this invention, enable the driver to have more self-confidence and assurance in making driving decisions. Generally speaking, drivers drive their vehicles by using their experience or expectations concerning areas where they will park their car, or traffic conditions when they pass other vehicles, or other things. Sometimes drivers have self-confidence, but sometimes they may not have self-confidence either. This is because of the viewing conditions that are not conducive in enabling the driver to see things by himself.
According to the shape, form and features of this invention, these side-view mirrors have been designed to enable driver to see the views in the areas on the side, both in front of and at the rear side of the vehicle at different levels of angular viewing (i.e., the driver can see from the lowest level up to a higher level above the body of vehicle, e.g., ground level, road level etc., and/or enable driver to see along the line in front and the line to the rear of the vehicle, by his/her own eyesight. Such side-view mirrors may be installed in the area of the lefthand side or righthand side of the vehicle in various locations, where the eyesight of the driver is able to look and see the view clearly and located at proper looking angles. For example, in the area on the edge of the front door, which is at the opposite side of the driver's seat.
The arrangement whereby the side-view in front of the vehicle appears on the mirror which is viewableby the driver, according to the shape and features of this invention, can be done by properly selecting a convex mirror and/or a flat mirror and/or a concave mirror, and arrange such mirrors to be in proper angles within the body of the front-view and rear-view mirror in the manner that the first mirror functioning to reflect side-views in front of the vehicle to the second mirror. The picture that appears on the second mirror is a picture that the driver can see with his/her own eyesight, by looking through the hole screened by clear plastic sheets or transparent glass to the second mirror. This enables the driver to see the side-views in front of the vehicle.The third mirror, which is installed at the back of the mirror's body is functioned to reflect the side-views at the rear end of the vehicle. The views appear on the third mirror which are viewable by the driver is the side-views of the rear end of the vehicle.
The invention also includes the design of the mirror's body for the purpose of attaching, installing or fixing the three(3) mirrors to the body of the vehicle, the arrangement of proper angles for the three mirrors, the arrangement to have a partition screened by plastic sheets or transparent glass at the front and back of the mirror's body, the arrangement of the supporting end at one of the side-partition for the purpose of installing the mirror's body with the holders that are adjustable to set the viewing angle.
In general the front-view and rear-view mirror of vehicle or conveyance, is composed of a box made of strong and hard plastic materials, and which have walls in front and walls in the lower part, have been arranged to be channel parts of geometric shapes in relation to one another. Said channel parts are closed and blocked off with clear plastic sheet or transparent glass. The side wall on one side is arranged to be part holding and setting with holding legs of the angle-adjusting type, according to the needs, by the method of holding and setting. Another side wall opposite the said side wall, and the wall on the upper side are arranged to be smooth walls. The back wall is arranged to be a part of a channel having a geometric form and shape.Said channel part has been closed and blocked off by clear plastic sheet or transparent glass, and the next part is installed by a first mirror so as to be in a position having a level higher than the said channel part.
The front-view and rear-view mirror can be of such a nature that said box at the middle part of the wall inside the said side wall, which is opposite to the other side wall, which has been provided so as to be a part holding and fixing together with the holding legs of the viewing angle adjusting type, is provided with supporting socket for the legs holding a second mirror and at the part making an angle inside, between said front wall and the side wall which is made to be a part holding and fixing with the said angle-adjusting holding legs for looking into.The box can be arranged to have a socket supporting the holding legs of a third mirror, and at the part in the middle of the said back wall, which is adjacent to the channel to one side wall opposite the other side wall, which is opposite the other side wall which is arranged to be a part holding and fixing together with said legs of the angle-adjustable type, is a socket supporting the legs holding the first mirror.
The socket supporting the said mirror can be arranged to be of the same body as the main body, so as to support one of the curved and rounded ends of the holding legs of the angle-adjustable or fixed type. The first mirror may be convex and/or flat and/or concave, in a geometric form, being held and fixed to the flat end of the holding legs of the adjustable and settable type or fixed in place by holding and fixing.
The said second mirror and the third mirror may be arranged so as to be in positions opposite each other, by turning the front side of both mirrors towards each other, at least on a transverse line or a parallel line, which depends upon the method of adjusting and setting the angles of the mirrors.
Said first mirror may be arranged so as to turn its face towards the rear end of the vehicle, the angles of which are adjustable and settable by a method of adjusting the setting.
The second mirror can be adjusted and set angularly or held and fixed in its place to receive pictures from the area on the side area in front of the vehicle, at the very least from the level of the ground and upwards. After that the pictures that appear will reflect into said third mirror, which can be adjusted and set angularly or fixed in place. One can look through the channel part of the back wall which is closed and blocked off with clear plastic sheet or transparent glass sheet, looking into the channel to see the picture appearing in the second mirror. Concurrently, the said first mirror, which is adjustable angularly or can be fixed in place, receives pictures from the side area in the rear end of the vehicle, at the very least from the level of the ground and upwards. It is possible to look at and see the pictures that appear on the first mirror.
The front-view and rear-view mirror of the invention is capable of being arranged to be able to be fixed so as to see pictures specifically only from the area on the side, in front of the vehicle, at the very least from ground level and upwards. The front-view and rear-view mirror is capable of being installed and fixed to vehicles in such a manner that one is able to install them with holding legs of the type that can be adjusted and set as to angularity for looking or of the type which cannot be adjusted or set as to angularity by method of holding or fixing in the area of the sides of the vehicle on the lefthand and/or the righthand sides of the driver.
Other aims and features of this invention will easily be seen from further elaboration thereon and from the drawings which show the features of this invention.
The invention is illustrated with reference to the drawings in which:
Fig 1 is a perspective view, showing the front-view and rear-view mirrors of a vehicle or conveyance in the form and features as seen from the front of the side-view mirrors of this invention.
Fig 2 is a view of the lower part of the front-view and rear-view mirrors of the vehicle, showing the form and features of the triangular channel according to the form and features of this invention.
Fig 3 is another perspective view, showing the vehicle form and features of the front-view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle, which are the form and features as seen from the back of the side-view mirrors of this invention.
Fig 4 is a sectional drawing along lines IV-IV of
Fig 3, approximately, showing the form and features of the arrangements of the mirrors assembled inside the body of the front-view and rear-view mirror of a vehicle, used for installation on the lefthand side according to this invention.
Fig 5 is another perspective view, showing the areas for the installation of the front-view and rear-view mirror to the vehicle, which is an example of the installation of the side-view mirror for operational use of this invention.
Fig 6 is a sectional view along the lines of
IV-IV, of Fig 3, approximately, which shows the form and features of arranging the mirrors in a manner similar to that in
Fig 4, assembled within the box of the front-view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle used for installation on the righthand side according to this invention.
Referring to the drawings, and especially Fig 1 reference (1), refers to side-view mirrors for looking in front of and behind a vehicle according to this invention, which is also a model form. Box (2), which is made of hardened plastic materials, has features similar to those of box containers.
They are fixed and held in place by holding legs of the type that can be angularly adjusted by the method of fixing the legs together. As for the fixing leg (3), it is covered and pressed with materials able to hold and be flexible (4). Examples are materials suchas rubber, to cover and protectively wrap various parts of the holding leg (3) in the area of the front wall and the lower wall of the box (2) of the mirror for looking in front and behind (1); these have been made into the channel part (5), closing and blocking off with clear plastics sheets or transparent glass (6), which has been caused to be bent between the line of the wall in front and the wall-line below, of the front-view and rear-view mirrors, in a manner causing the pictures in front to be able penetrate and pass inside, to appear in the first mirror 7(1), installed inside the box (2).
Fig 2 is a view of the lower part of the front-view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle, which shows the form and features of the channel, which is triangular according to the form and features of this invention. As for channel (5), it has been arranged to be a channel in the area of the box (2), at the wall in front and the lower wall of the front-view and rear-view mirror (1) in a related manner, by arranging to have the channel (5), in the area of the front wall of the front-view and rear-view mirror (1), being a channel having square form or another geometric form and the channel (5), in the area of its lower wall of the front-view and rear-view mirror (1), being a triangular or another geometric form, as desired, so as to enable the mirrors to have angles for receiving pictures in the areas on the side parts ahead of the vehicle, so as in turn to be wider, thus enabling one to see the pictures in the area as of the levels front, for example, the ground, the road surface, in a very clear manner.
Fig 3 is another perspective view of the front view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle, which is in the manner of looking from behind the side-view mirror, under this invention. It has been arranged to have the areas of the back wall of the side-view mirror close to the side wall, which is the side used for installing the holding brackets of the type adjustable angularly (3). It has been made to be part of the channel (8), at the box (2), and blocked off with clear plastic sheets or transparent glass plate (9), so as to enable the driver of a vehicle to look through and to see the picture appearing on the second mirror 7(2), which is installed inside the tank (2), which has received a reflection of a picture from the first mirror 7(1).The area next to the part of the channel (8), has been arranged to protrude
some . extent, in order to make instllation of the third mirror 7(3), for the purpose of arranging to make the adjustment and setting to receive the pictures of the areas behind the vehicle, suitable according to the needs of the driver.
The arrangement of the receiving of pictures and the reflecting of pictures, is in the form and with the features according to Fig 4. This is a sectional picture along the lines of IV-IV of Fig 3
showing the arrangement of the two mirrors 7(1), and 7(2) respectively. They have been arranged to be set up in a position opposite the transverse line or along a parallel line making angles together in a suitable manner, depending upon the adjusting and setting or according to what has been selected and prescribed.The first mirror 7(1), has been fixed in a position within the box (2), at one side wall which is opposite to the other side wall which has been made to be the part used for fixing to the holding legs of the angular adjustable type (3) by holding with the angular adjustable leg (all), or it may be fixed by a holding leg of the non-angular-adjustable type (not shown). One end of the holding leg (11: has features in a curved manner, supported by a socket receptacle (10) of box (2). The three supporting sockets (10) are arranged so as to be of the same body material as that of the box (2). The first supporting socket 10(1) is in a position in the area of the middle of one side wall opposite the other side wall and fixed and held with an angularly adjustable type of holding leg (3).The second supporting socket 10(2) is in a position in the area of the angle of a side wall, which is fixed and held in place by an angularly adjustable leg (3), making an angle with the front wall of the front-view and rear-view mirror (l) of the vehicle, and the third supporting socket 10(3) is in a position in the area in the middle of the outside of the wall at the back of the box (2) of the part adjacent to the channel part (8), reaching the end part which is fixed to the side wall, which is opposite the other side wall, which is fixed in place with an angle-adjustable leg (3) and at the other end of the holding leg (11). It has level and smooth features
in order to use it for fixing and holding it to the mirror with glue capable of making the adhesion among the plastic materials and the mirrors to be strong and durable.
The mirrors used in this invention might be for example, convex mirrors, flat mirrors, or concave mirrors, depending upon suitability and the needs in selection of the type of picture that will appear to the driver of the vehicle.
The first mirror 7(1) is fixed in place with the end part of the holding leg (ill), with glue, and the other end part, curved and round, or the holding leg (11) is fixed in place and supported with a supporting socket 10(1), in the position already mentioned.
This causes the front side of the mirror to turn towards the clear plastic sheets (6),adjacent to the front part of the second mirror 7(2). It is fixed in place with the flat end part of the holding leg (11), with glue, and at the other end of the curved and rounded holding leg (11), it is fixed to support the supporting socket 10(2), in the position already mentioned, by having the front side of the second mirror 7(2) turn sidewise towards the front side of the first mirror 7(1), and the side which is a part of the channel (8). The third mirror 7(3) is fixed to the flat end part of the holding leg (11), with glue, and at the other curved and rounded end of the holding leg (11).
It is fixed in place as a support with the supporting socket 10(3) in the position already mentioned, by making the front side of the third mirror 7(3) turn towards the back of the box (2). The third mirror 7(3) will extend outside the level of the clear plastic sheets (9). One side wall will support the holding legs (3), and will be arranged to be a fixed part with the holding legs (3), by the procedure of tightening nuts together or by other procedure of holding and fixing in place (not shown), so as to make the legs holding and supporting the front-view and rear-view of the vehicle, hold and fix themselves together. As for the sides of the vehicle, they can be adjusted to set an angle, according to the desires of the driver.
Another feature of the holding and fixing of the mirrors according to this invention of a similar nature is to arrange to make the first mirror 7(1), and the second mirror 7(2) to be held and fixed in place by legs in the area and location by making the first mirror 7(1) have an angle together with the second mirror 7(2) as abovementioned.
Fig 5 is a view in perspective showing the areas and locations for installing the front-view and rear-view mirror in unison with the vehicle, which 5how forms and features together with the vehicle, and which are examples of the installation for operational use of this invention. According to these forms and features, the installation of the front-view and rear-view mirror has been made on the lefthand and righthand sides in the side areas of the vehicle. She places where are received the views of the mirror can be adjusted and set according to the desires of the driver. The views on the lefthand side in the areas on the side, to the front of the vehicle of the vehicle, will pass through the part of the channel part (5), blocked off with clear plastic sheets (6), and
appear on the first mirror 7(1) installed inside the box (2).After that the picture that appears will be reflected to the second mirror 7(2). When the driver looks through the part of the channel (8), blocked off with clear plastic sheets (9) into the second mirror 7(2), he will see the view on the lefthand side in the area of the left side in front all along the vehicle, at least from a level of the ground upwards. Such views appear to the driver himself.
Concurrently, when the driver wants to see the view on the lefthand side in the area to the rear, he can look at it from the third mirror 7(3), which is at the position adjacent to the part of the channel (8), which will cause him to see the view all on the lefthand side in the area on the rear side of the vehicle, at least from the level of the ground upwards. This appears to the driver directly.
In the same manner, the front-view and rear-view mirror installed on the righthand side in the area of the side of the vehicle can provide righthand side views in the area of the front. and the side views on the righthand side in the area of the back in the same manner as the front-view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle installed at the lefthand side of the vehicle, as abovementioned.
On the contrary, suppose that the lefthand-side front-view and rear-view mirror is brought from the lefthand-side to be installed as the righthand side front-view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle on the righthand side, as shown Fig 6,
which shows the form and features of the arrangement of the mirrors, which is similar to the form and features in Fig 4,
assembled within the box of the righthand side front-view and rear-view of the vehicle.According to this invention, there will be no change regarding positions to arrange angles of the mirror or other parts, but there will be change concerning features of walls on top and in the lower part (as shown in Fig 2),
interchanging sides, i.e., the upper wall on top of the lefthand side front-view and rear-view mirror of the vehicle will be arranged so as to have the channel part of the triangular form or another geometric forms, then becoming the lower wall of the righthand side front-view and rear-view of the vehicle.
In looking at the views in the area on the sides in front of and at the back of the vehicle for both the lefthand and righthand sides1 at the very least from ground level upwards, according to this invention, the principles of the reflection of light rays have been relied upon as shown in Fig 5.
It is of course clearly evident that changes of various parts to be other things and the modification of form and features as herein shown, may be done without making any differences in this invention as claimed.
For example, in the arranging of the channel part (8) used for looking into the second mirror 7(2) or another geometric form such as a round channel or arranging to have channel parts (8) assembled inside the tank (2) by being in a position on top of and over the position of the third mirror 7(3), and in the same manner, to make changes of the position of the first mirror 7(1), and the second mirror 7(2) respectively.
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1. A front-view and rear-view mirror assembly for a vehicle or conveyance, comprising a box, and which has a wall in front, a wall in the lower part, a side wall provided with a holding leg of the angle-adjusting type, another side wall opposite said side wall and a wall on the upper side, and a back wall arranged to be a part of a channel, said channel being closed and blocked off by clear plastics sheet or transparent glass, and the adjacent part of the back wall having a first mirror protruding outside the face of the channel.
2. An assembly according to claim 1, in which the middle part of the inside of said another side wall is provided with a supporting socket for a leg holding a second mirror, in which the part making an angle inside, between said front wall and said side wall is provided with a supporting socket for a third mirror and in which a part in the middle of said back wall which is adjacent to the channel, is provided with a socket supporting the leg holding the first mirror.
3. An assembly according to claim 2, in which the socket supporting the third mirror has been arranged to be part of the main body, so as to support one of the curved and rounded ends of the holding leg of the angle-adjustable type.
4. An assembly according to claim 1, in which the first mirror is a convex and/or flat mirror and/or a concave mirror, being held and fixed to the flat end of the holding leg or fixed in place.
5. An assembly according to any one of the preceding claims in which said second mirror and said third mirror are arranged to be opposite each other, by turning the front side of both mirrors towards each other, at least on a transverse line or a parallel line, and in which said first mirror has been arranged so as to turn its face towards the rear end of the vehicle.
6. An assembly accordingly to any one of the preceding claims, in which the second mirror is able to adjusted and set angularly or held and fixed in its place to reflect images from the areas on the side areas in front of the vehicle, at the very least from the level of the ground and upwards and thereafter to reflect into said third mirror, which can be adjusted and set angularly or fixed in place and which can be seen through the channel and in which said first mirror is adjusted angularly or fixed in place to receive images from the side areas in the rear end of the vehicle, at the very least from the level of the ground and upwards.
7. An assembly according to any one of the preceding claims which is able to be installed and fixed to vehicles with holding legs of the type that can be adjusted and set as to angularity for looking or of the type which cannot be adjusted or set as to angularity, in the area of the sides of the vehicle on the lefthand and/or the righthand sides of the drive.
8. An assembly according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the box is made of strong and hard plastics material.
9. A front-view and rear-view mirror assembly for a vehicle according to claim 1 substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the drawings.
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