US610918A

US610918A - Mirror

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Publication number: US610918A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 1915-09-20

Description

Patented Sept. 20, I898" No. 6I0,9I8. v

w. u. PREWITT.

MIRROR.

(Application filed Dec. 27, 1897.)

(No Modal.)

mllllll STATES NTT WILLIAM Q. PREWVITT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,918, dated September 20, 1898.

Application filed December 27, 1897. Serial No. 668,572. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Q. PREWITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirrors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my present invention is to provide a mirror more especially useful in millinery-stores to enable '3, woman to View her bonnet in the various aspects of that ornament. WVith the mirrors at present in use much twisting of the body and neck is necessary to obtain anything like a satisfactory knowledge of how the bonnet appears from every point of view.

My improvement consists of a plurality of mirrors (more economically and preferably three) arranged in theplanes of an imaginary triangular prism, so that the reflecting-surfaces face inward and reflect into each other, whereby the aspect of the bonnet from all points of View may be had without any of the usual contortions of'the body or neck and means for adjustably supporting the same, the said mirrors being connected so that a person may get into the inclosure without stooping or other athletic feat.

In the annexed drawing the figure is a perspective View showing a mirror embodying my improvements.

The mirrors 1 are shown to be of ordinary rectangular form, and they are connected to stand in the planes of the sides of an imaginary triangular prism by means of arches 2 of a spider-frame connected with the upper edges of the mirrors. Sufficiently large spaces are left between the adjacent ends of the mirrors to permit the ingress and egress of a person. The mirrors are rigidly placed with re spect to each other, and the hub or solid portion 3 at the center of the spider-frame is furnished with an upwardly-extending screw 4, that turns into a socket or tube 5 on the end of a bracket-arm 6, extending outwardly from a wall or other fixture in the room. The bracket-arm 6 may be pivoted to swing in a bracket 7, provided with screw-holes for securing it to a wall or window-casing. The screw 4 is preferably of rapid pitch, and by turning the mirror-frame the device may be raised to accommodate persons of different height.

I do not claim, broadly, in this patent any novelty in the arrangement of mirrors to stand in the planes of the sides of an imaginary prism, because such an arrangement is shown in my patent granted October 25, 1892, No. 48 L818.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

A mirror for viewing bonnets and the like consisting of a plurality of mirrors arranged with their reflecting-surfaces inward toward each other with open spaces between their adjacent edges, a spider-frame having arches 2 connecting the mirrors and an upwardlyextending screw 4;, and a bracket 6 having a screw-threaded socket 5 to receive the screw 4, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand this 20th day of December, 1897.

WILLIAM Q. PREWITT.

Witnesses:

OSCAR BROWN,- CLARENCE ELLIOT INGALLS.