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AN IMPROVED COMBINATION MIRROR DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER SHOWN AND DESCRIBED EMPLOYING A PAIR OF MIRRORS IN A COOPERATING VIEWING RELATION WITH EACH OTHER, WHICH DEVICE IS SUITABLE FOR MOUNTING ADJACENT THE SEAT OR CAB OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A SIDE-PROJECTING RELATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, WHEREIN BOTH MIRRORS ARE ADJUSTABLE TO PROVIDE EACH DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WITH AN ACCURATE AND FULL COMPOSITE VISION FROM FRONT TO BACK ALONG SUCH SIDE AND TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHICH COMPRISES, A RECTANGULAR VERTICALLY-ELONGATED PLANAR MIRROR OF MAJOR DIMENSION AND A ROUND SPHERICAL MIRROR OF MINOR DIMENSION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SAID PLANAR MIRROR, A RECTANGULAR VERTICALLYELONGATED HOUSING HAVING A VERTICAL LENGTH GREATER THAN THE COMBINED VERTICAL DIMENSIONS OF SAID PLANAR AND SPHERICAL MIRRORS; SAID HOUSING HAVING SIDE, TOP AND BOTTOM AND BACK WALLS DEFINING A VERTICALLY-ELONGATED COMPARTMENT THEREIN AND HAVING A PARTITION WALL BETWEEN SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS DIVIDING SAID COMPARTMENT INTO AN UPPER COMPARTMENT FOR SAID PLANAR MIRROR AND A LOWER COMPARTMENT FOR SAID SPHERICAL MIRROR; SAID HOUSING HAVING A UNITARY SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY-PLANAR FRONT RIM WALL DEFINING A VERTICALLY-ELONGATED OPENING IN THE FRONT OF SAID HOUSING FOR RECEIVING SAID PLANAR MIRROR, SAID RIM WALL HAVING AN ANNULAR PORTION DEFINING A LOWER VERTICALLYADJACENT OPENING FOR SAID SPHERICAL MIRROR, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FRONT RIM WALL FOR SECURING SAID PLANAR MIRROR AGAINST AN INNER SIDE THEREOF IN A VERTICALLY-PLANAR FORWARDLY-FACING POSITION WITHIN SAID UPPER COMPARTMENT TO CLOSE-OFF THE VERTICALLY-ELONGATED OPENING, A MOUNTING STEM SECURED TO A BACK WALL OF SAID HOUSING SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY OF SAID LOWER COMPARTMENT AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY THEREFROM WITHIN SAID LOWER COMPARTMENT, A SUPPORT FRAME HAVING AN ANNULAR RIM PORTION EXTENDING PERIPHERALLY ABOUT SAID SPHERICAL MIRROR AND MOUNTING IT IN A FORWARDLY-FACING RELATION THEREON, A RADIAL-PIVOTAL MEANS ADJUSTABLY-SECURING A BACK CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT FRAME ON A FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID MOUNTING STEM IN SUCH A MANNER THAT SAID ANNULAR RIM PORTION