US1024506A - Combination of reflecting means for enabling one to see the back of the head or neck. - Google Patents

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G. E. GRAHAM. GOMBINATION 0F REFLEGTING MEANS FOR ENABLING ONE TO SEE THE BACK OF THE HEAD OR NBGK.

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APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 24, 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

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GEORGE E. GRAHAM, OF CANDOR, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM J. PAYNE, OF CANDOR, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION OF REFLECTING MEANS FOR ENABLING ONE TO SEE THE BACK OF THE HEAD OR NECK.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application filed June 24., 1911. Serial No. 635,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing in Candor, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Combination of Reflecting Means for Enabling One to See the Back of the Head or Neck, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a mirror or reflecting means for enabling an individual to see the back of the neck and head.

As is well known, if a man is shaved by a barber the hair line at the back of the neck is always trued up and the lines made symmetrical to suit the taste of the person being shaved. This finishing touch may sometimes be round or may simply be shaved substantially in a straight line from the back of the ear downward. When, however, one is in the habit of shaving oneself, it has been impossible, heretofore, to shave the back of the head and neck owing to fact that the same could not be seen. For this purpose I have devised the small mirror which is so held to the head by suitable means, such as an adjustable elastic head band, that said mirror will be adjustable before the eyes, enabling the user to see the reflections cast upon another shaving mirror placed behind him in the proper plane. This adjustability of the reflecting means, which may be a single or a double mirror, permits the wearer to get in range of vision to enable him to see into an ordinary shaving mirror hung upon the wall in the usual way. In combination with my device, however, I have devised a shaving mirror, which carries on the back of it an electric storage battery of suitable power which operates a small electric light bulb, placed at the bottom of said mirror for the purpose of reflecting upward and controlled by a suitable switch. This shaving mirror may have a suspending cord or chain for the purpose of hanging it on to a hook or nail on the wall or elsewhere, and may also have a small adjustable wire brace at the back thereof for the purpose of standing it on any convenient support. The storage battery that is used in this connection may be of the well known standard type, such as is used in ordinary electric hand lamps. In shaving, this small electric light, which is equipped with a reflector of the usual type, being arranged at the bottom of the mirror, throws the neces-' sary light upon the lower part of the face, so that it becomes unnecessary to shave in front of a window or other source of light, in case such conditions are not convenient.

. A further advantage of my invention is the telescopic adjustment of the reflecting mirror, whereby the said reflecting mirror may be adjusted to suit difl'erent ranges.

Still further advantages are that the entire outfit, shaving mirror, reflector and its appurtenances, when not in use, are entirely portable, taking up but little space, can be conveniently packed away in a hand bag or dress suit case, and are quickly adjustable for use.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows the reflecting device attached to the head of the user with the shaving mirror arranged, in the present instance, on a wall at the proper height to enable the user to obtain the desired result. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing the various positions in which the mirror may be adjusted for the purpose of obtaining the desired angle of vision, together with a diagrammatic layout of the reflecting angles. Figs. 3 and 4 show the single mirror turned flatwise for the purpose of packing away in any convenient place. Fig. 5 shows a modification of my invention, wherein I use two double mirrors, each one capable of independent adjustment in relation to the other and adapted to be locked in said adjusted positions. Fig. 6 shows the double mirrors folded together similar to that shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, for the purpose of packing away.

In Fig. 1 is shown an elastic head band 1 the elastic fabric used being similar to that used in hose supporters and the like, the adj usting buckle 2, and the hook or clasp member 3, which, being of the well known type requires no further description. The mirror 4: may be made of a good grade of French plate to insure against breaking by ordinary use and abuse, and is mounted in a metal holder which comprises the back thereof. This back may have suitably stamped out therefrom a butt or loop, as at 5, Fig. 2, into which is inserted an angular wire supporting member 6, and being in fairly tight engagement with the same, is

held by friction and is thereby enabled to maintain any angular adjustment of the mirror thereon. The opposite angular bend of the supporting member 6 slides in the tube 7 and is locked in the adjusted position i by a thumb-nut 8. This telescopic arrangement allows of adjustment to and from the eyes of the user to suit any desired range. This telescopic tube 7 is fixedly attached to another angular wire member 9, which is pivoted in a flat member 10, preferably of metal, like aluminum, and through slots 10 in this flat member 10 is run the elastic head band 1. The flat member 10 has stamped out thereon a pair of loops or butts similar in form to the butt 5 on the reflector 4, and may be frictionally held, or may be locked in the adjusted positions by means of a setscrew, if desired.

The shaving miror 11 may also be mounted in a metal frame 12 and have attached to the upper end thereof a suspending cord or chain 13 and have at the back thereof a pocket or chamber 14 for containing the necessary storage battery. On the back of the chamber 14. is an adjustable wire standard 15 of a familiar type which may be used for supporting the same upon any convenient stand in an upright position.

The switch 16 controls the small electric lamp which is mounted in and inclosed by a reflector 17 in the frame 12 immediately beneath the shaving mirror 11. The position of this lamp makes it convenient to see either the face or the back of the neck, as this position of the light has been found to be the most advantageous. It will be noted that the reflector 4 is so mounted as to be inclined at a slight angle to the eyes of the wearer, this angle being determined and set for the purpose of enabling the mirror 11 to be opposite to the back of the head being shaved, and at the same time be within range of the eyes. Any further necessary vertical adjustment may be had by either raising the mirror 11 or adjusting the head band 1 up or down.

In Fig. 2 the plan view shows the dif ferent radial adjustments of the reflector l. Any further angular adjustment necessary may be had by the wearer moving to one side or the other the shaving mirror 11 until the required part of the back of the head comes into view or range. At position A the reflector lis shown adjusted so so that the line of vision from the eye 0 strikes the reflector a and is then reflected back to the mirror 11., as indicated by Z), and thence from the mirror to any desired part of the head, as a. It is evident from a study of the diagram accompanying, that the angles 6 and f, at the reflector 4, equal Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

one another and similarly the angles 9 and h equal one another; in other words, the reflector and mirror must be so set that each of them will be at right angle to the center lines z'2', the said center lines bisecting the angle of the respective reflections.

In Fig. 3 is shown an enlarged view of the reflector 4 and the flat head piece 10, with a. portion of the elastic head band 1. In this view and in Fig. 1, the device is shown adjusted for packing and shows the small amount of space the same requires.

In Fig. 5 is shown a pair of mirrors 18 and 19 mounted in metal frames 20 and 21 similar to that of the single reflector 4 and attached to a telescopic wire 22 by means of the familiar hinge butts 23 and 24, each of the reflector members having one section of the hinge butt attached thereto. At the bottom of the wire 22 is a thumb-nut 25 which is for the purpose of locking the two reflectors 18 and 19 in any angularly adjusted position. A knurled thumb-nut 2G and a telescopic rod 27, similar to that used in the device shown in Fig. 1, are attached to a flat head-piece, 28, in the same manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A reflecting mirror of the class described, comprising an adjustable elastic head band having suitably attached thereto a radially adjustable telescopic supporting means having reflecting means adjust-ably arranged thereon, said reflecting means being adapted to be adjusted in any desired angle of vision.

2. A reflecting mirror of the class described, comprising an adjustable elastic head band having suitably attached thereto a radially adjustable telescopic supporting means having reflecting means adjustably arranged thereon, said reflecting means being adapted to be adjusted in any desired angle of vision, and being adapted to be folded into a compact package for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device of the character specified, comprising adjustable elastic head band,

said band having slidably arranged thereon a substantially flat swiveled bracket, said bracket arranged to adjustably support an outwardly extending angularly adjustable telescopic member, said telescopic member having adjustable reflecting means attached to the outer end thereof and at substantially right angles thereto, said reflecting means being adapted to be locked in any adjusted position for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE E. GRAHAM. Vitnesses JAMES HOLLENBECK, HOMER F. BROWN.

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