JPH09142213A - Housing type door mirror - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a housing type door mirror through which a driver can confirm the rear view of a vehicle without turning around his face to the rear side even when the door mirror is in a housed condition. SOLUTION: This invention is concerned with the housing type door mirror 101 which allows the rear side of a vehicle to be reflected by a mirror 103 in a state that the door mirror is in a developed condition, and enables the mirror 103 to be housed in, and a sub mirror 107 reflecting the rear view of the vehicle is fixed onto the outer side of a mirror housing part 105 housing the mirror 103 when the mirror 103 is housed in.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a retractable door mirror.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, there is a fender mirror provided at a fender position of an automobile or a door mirror provided at a door position as a means for visually recognizing the left and right sides of the automobile. In recent years, a door mirror has been widely adopted. ing. Since the door mirror protrudes from the main body of the vehicle in the vicinity of the diagonal front door mounting position of the driver's vehicle, it may interfere with pedestrians during parking, or when passing through narrow roads.
There are problems such as interference with side obstacles.

Therefore, in recent years, retractable door mirrors that can store the deployed door mirrors as needed have become widespread. According to the retractable door mirror, the left and right door mirrors can be stored when parked or when passing through a narrow road, so that they do not interfere with pedestrians during parking and do not interfere with the door mirrors. It enables narrow roads that were not possible.

[0004]

However, since the retractable door mirror described above can store the deployed door mirror, it is possible to avoid the interference between the door mirror and the side obstacle, but in the stored state. Since the mirror surface does not face the driver, it is not possible to see the rear left and right. Therefore, for example, when the driver tries to get off after parking and confirms the rear side, there is a problem that the driver has to turn to the rear side and confirm the rear view without relying on the door mirror.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a retractable door mirror that allows the driver to check the rear view without turning around even when the door mirror is stored. To aim.

[0006]

A retractable door mirror according to the present invention is a retractable door mirror in which a mirror shows a rear view of a vehicle in an unfolded state and the mirror can be stored if necessary. A sub-mirror that shows a rear view of the vehicle when the mirror is stored is fixed to an outer periphery of a mirror storage portion that stores the mirror.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a retractable door mirror 1
01 is a rectangular mirror storage unit 1 for storing the mirror 103.
On the short side of 05, a sub-mirror 107 is fixed to the outside with the retractable door mirror 101 in an expanded state by adhesion or the like. When the retractable door mirror 101 is rotated by about 90 degrees and stored, the mirror 103 does not show the vehicle rear view, but the sub-mirror 107 shows the vehicle rear view. Therefore,
When the retractable door mirror 101 is stored, the driver can check the rear view through the sub mirror 107. The outer shape of the sub-mirror 107 is not particularly limited, but it is preferably a square shape in order to secure a necessary area of the mirror at a fixed position of the short side of the mirror housing portion.
The surface shape of the sub mirror 107 is not particularly limited, but a spherical surface can widen the field of view.

[0007]

According to the invention described above, a retractable door mirror in which the mirror shows the rear view of the vehicle in the unfolded state, and the mirror can be stored as needed,
Since the sub-mirror that reflects the rear view of the vehicle when the mirror is stored is fixed to the outer periphery of the mirror storage portion that stores the mirror, the rear can be confirmed through the sub-mirror even when the door mirror is stored. it can. Further, when the door mirror is stored, the sub-mirror faces backward, and when illuminated from the rear, the sub-mirror reflects the sub-mirror, so that the parking position can be recognized outside at night.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 retractable door mirror 103 mirror 105 mirror storage section 107 sub-mirror

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A retractable door mirror in which a rear view of a vehicle can be seen in a deployed state and the mirror can be stored if necessary, and the mirror is mounted on an outer periphery of a mirror storing section for storing the mirror. A retractable door mirror that is fixed with a sub-mirror that shows the rear view of the vehicle when the mirror is retracted.