Day-night rear view mirror and remote controls

Claim 2

A remote control day-night rearview mirror, comprising a mirror member having day-night reflective surfaces on relatively opposite sides thereof, a mirror supporting member pivotal about a given axis and having said mirror member mounted thereon for pivotal adjustment about a different axis, and remote control cable means connected to said mirror and mirror supporting members for synchronous pivotal control thereof in adjusting the viewing disposition of said mirror and for rotational adjustment of said mirror to turn it about its pivotal axis as necessary to reverse the day-night viewing sides thereof.

Claim 3

The mirror of claim 1, said mirror member being both pivotal and rotatably adjustable within said mirror supporting member.

Claim 4

The mirror of claim 2, said remote control means including separate control cables connected to each of the pivotal members and a common control member having the control cables connected to it.

Claim 5

The mirror of claim 3, said control member being mounted for pivotal movement in relatively transverse planes of reference in the viewing adjustment of said mirror, through said control cables, and for relatively extensive movement in one of said planes for turning the mirror over.

Claim 6

The mirror of claim 3, including a housing open rearwardly and having said mirror supporting member mounted therein and including a rearwardly disposed opening of its own, and said mirror member being mounted relatively within said rearwardly disposed openings with the control cables that are operative thereof protectively disposed between the walls of said housing and supporting member.

Claim 7

The mirror of claim 3, the control cables which are operative of said mirror member being guided on the supporting member to avoid interference and restriction in the pivotal movement of the latter.

Claim 8

The improvement in rearview mirrors, comprising a single piece of smoked glass having a bright reflective surface for day viewing provided on one side thereof and the back of said bright reflective surface combined with said smoked glass affording a night viewing surface on the other side of said smoked glass, means engaging said glass piece at opposite side edges thereof and providing pivotal support for turning said glass piece over about a relatively horizontal axis, and additional remotely operated cable control means for selectively turning said glass piece over and for providing viewing adjustment at relatively opposite ends of its travel.

Claim 9

The improvement in rearview mirrors, comprising a single piece of smoked glass having a bright reflective surface for day viewing provided on one side thereof and the back of said bright reflective surface combined with said smoked glass affording a night viewing surface on the other side of said smoked glass, means engaging said glass piece at opposite side edges thereof and providing pivotal support for turning said glass piece over about a relatively horizontal axis, and additional remotely operated cable control means for selectively turning said glass piece over and for providing viewing adjustment at relatively opposite ends of its travel.

Claim 10

The improvement of claim 7, said additional means being operatively engaged with said glass piece at a location between and independent of said means of pivotal support and affording viewing adjustment about relatively transverse axes.

Claim 11

The improvement of claim 7, wherein said additional means comprises a remote control and a four cable connection having separate cable pairs for actuating said mirror about different axes.

Claim 12

Means for operating and controlling the viewing disposition of a remote control rear view mirror having reversible sides, for day-night viewing, and comprising; a control lever having cable means connected thereto for viewing adjustment of a mirror member about relatively transverse pivotal axes, and means interposed between said control lever and the cable means that is operative of said mirror about one of said axes for turning said mirror over and providing viewing adjustment for each side thereof.

Claim 13

Means for operating and controlling the viewing disposition of a remote control rear view mirror having reversible sides, for day-night viewing, and comprising; a control lever having cable means connected thereto for viewing adjustment of a mirror member about relatively transverse pivotal axes, and means interposed between said control lever and the cable means that is operative of said mirror about one of said axes for turning said mirror over and providing viewing adjustment for each side thereof.

Claim 14

The mirror operating and controlling means of claim 10, said lever being pivoted and said last mentioned means including leverage applying arm extensions of sufficient length to accomplish the aforesaid purpose.

Claim 15

The mirror operating and controlling means of claim 10, said last mentioned means including a member disposed relatively apart from said lever arm and selectively engaged to said lever arm for day-night adjustment operation of said mirror thereby.

Claim 16

A remote control day-night rearview mirror, comprising; an outer covering; a mirror supporting member mounted within said covering for control cable actuated pivotal adjustment about a generally vertical axis, a mirror member having day-night reflective surfaces on relatively opposite sides thereof and means of pivotal engagement with said mirror supporting member provided at its side edges for control cable actuated pivotal adjustment about a generally horizontal axis and rotation through at least 180*, and remotely disposed control means including laterally flexible control cable means received within said casing and connected to said mirror and mirror supporting members for viewing adjustment of said mirror alone and together with said supporting member and for rotation of said mirror member as necessary to change the day-night viewing disposition thereof.

Claim 17

A remote control day-night rearview mirror, comprising; an outer covering; a mirror supporting member mounted within said covering for control cable actuated pivotal adjustment about a generally vertical axis, a mirror member having day-night reflective surfaces on relatively opposite sides thereof and means of pivotal engagement with said mirror supporting member provided at its side edges for control cable actuated pivotal adjustment about a generally horizontal axis and rotation through at least 180*, and remotely disposed control means including laterally flexible control cable means received within said casing and connected to said mirror and mirror supporting members for viewing adjustment of said mirror alone and together with said supporting member and for rotation of said mirror member as necessary to change the day-night viewing disposition thereof.

Claim 18

A day-night mirror assembly, comprising support means, a mirror member having first and second reflective surfaces formed thereon on generally opposite sides thereof, gimbal means operatively connecting said mirror member to said support means, said gimbal means comprising first and second pivotal axes generally normal to each other, and remotely situated control means operatively connected to said mirror member and said gimbal means for adjusting and controlling the position of said gimbal means and said mirror member, said control means comprising manual actuating means, first motion transmitting means operatively connected to said manual actuating means and said gimbal means for at times causing pivotal rotation of said gimbal means about said first pivotal axis, and second motion transmitting means operatively connected to said manual actuating means and said mirror member for at times causing pivotal rotation of said mirror member about said second pivot axis, said second motion transmitting means being effective to at selected times cause sufficient rotation of said mirror member as to obscure from view said first reflective surface while presenting to view said second reflective surface, and said second motion transmitting means being further effective to at selected times cause relatively slight rotation of said mirror member in order to adjust the angle of view of such of said first or second reflective surface as is presented to view.

Claim 19

A day-night mirror assembly, comprising support means, a mirror member having first and second reflective surfaces formed thereon on generally opposite sides thereof, gimbal means operatively connecting said mirror member to said support means, said gimbal means comprising first and second pivotal axes generally normal to each other, and remotely situated control means operatively connected to said mirror member and said gimbal means for adjusting and controlling the position of said gimbal means and said mirror member, said control means comprising manual actuating means, first motion transmitting means operatively connected to said manual actuating means and said gimbal means for at times causing pivotal rotation of said gimbal means about said first pivotal axis, and second motion transmitting means operatively connected to said manual actuating means and said mirror member for at times causing pivotal rotation of said mirror member about said second pivot axis, said second motion transmitting means being effective to at selected times cause sufficient rotation of said mirror member as to obscure from view said first reflective surface while presenting to view said second reflective surface, and said second motion transmitting means being further effective to at selected times cause relatively slight rotation of said mirror member in order to adjust the angle of view of such of said first or second reflective surface as is presented to view.

Claim 20

A day-night mirror assembly according to claim 14, wherein said support means comprises an outer housing, wherein said gimbal means and said mirror member are received generally within an open end of said outer housing, and wherein said first pivotal axis is defined by first and second aligned pivot means carried by said outer housing in a manner as to be generally on opposite sides of said mirror member.

Claim 21

A day-night mirror assembly according to claim 14, wherein said support means comprises an outer housing, wherein said gimbal means and said mirror member are received generally within an open end of said outer housing, wherein said first pivotal axis is defined by first and second aligned pivot means carried by said outer housing in a manner as to be generally on opposite sides of said mirror member, and connected to an intermediate gimbal member, and wherein said second pivot axis is defined by third and fourth aligned pivot means carried by said intermediate gimbal member and operatively connected to said mirror member on opposite sides thereof.

Claim 22

A day-night mirror assembly according to claim 14, wherein said manual actuating means comprises a first lever moveable to and between two extreme operating positions, wherein said first motion transmitting means comprises first flexible cable means interconnecting said first lever and said gimbal means for rotation of said gimbal means about said first pivotal axis corresponding to actuation of said first lever, wherein said manual actuating means also comprises a second lever moveable to and between other two extreme operating positions, and wherein said second motion transmitting means comprises second flexible cable means interconnecting said second lever and said mirror member, said second lever being effective whenever in one of said other two extreme operating positions to place said mirror member in a position whereby said first reflective surface is presented for viewing and said second lever also being effective whenever in the second of said other two extreme operating positions to place said mirror member in a position whereby said second reflective surface is presented for viewing.