Abstract A vertically positioned mirror unit is positioned on a mounting bracket connected to the cab door of a truck. The upper arm of the mounting bracket includes an end portion of spring material to normally maintain the mirror in a first position. A slot is provided in the outer end of the lower support arm, and a pin on the lower end of the mirror unit is received in the slot. A control cable is connected to the pin, and the cable extends through the lower mirror support arm into the cab of the truck. A lock means is provided in the control cable for selectively locking in the mirror at a desired angle against the spring action of the upper support arm. The mirror material is day-night non-glare. In an alternate embodiment the mirror includes a top portion of tinted darkened mirror glass while the bottom twothirds of the mirror is of ordinary mirror glass. During the day the mirror is adjusted for viewing the following vehicles on the bottom clear mirror and at night on the top tinted mirror portion.
A remotely controlled outside truck mirror comprising, an elongated vertically disposed mirror unit having a mirror and a housing, said housing having an outwardly extending pin at one end, a mounting bracket assembly for attachment to the side of a truck cab, including upper and lower support arms, one of said arms having an elongated slot in which said pin at said one end of said housing is received, connecting means connecting the other support arm to the other end of said housing, and a control cable having one end positioning in a truck cab with the opposite end being connected to said outwardly extending pin thereby pivoting said mirror about a horizontal axis through said connecting means at the other end of said mirror unit as said pin at the one end moves back and forth in said slot in said one support arm.
Claim 2
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A remotely controlled outside truck mirror comprising, an elongated vertically disposed mirror unit having a mirror and a housing, said housing having an outwardly extending pin at one end, a mounting bracket assembly for attachment to the side of a truck cab, including upper and lower support arms, one of said arms having an elongated slot in which said pin at said one end of said housing is received, connecting means connecting the other support arm to the other end of said housing, and a control cable having one end positioning in a truck cab with the opposite end being connected to said outwardly extending pin thereby pivoting said mirror about a horizontal axis through said connecting means at the other end of said mirror unit as said pin at the one end moves back and forth in said slot in said one support arm.
Claim 3
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The structure of claim 1 wherein the mirror includes tinted and clear portions.
Claim 4
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The structure of claim 2 wherein the tinted portion is at the top and the clear portion is at the bottom of the mirror.
Claim 5
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The structure of claim 3 wherein said tinted portion is substantially one-third of the total mirror surface.
Claim 6
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The structure of claim 1 wherein said other arm includes means for biasing said one end of said mirror outwardly such that inward pull on said cable moves said one end rearwardly against the means biasing it outwardly.
Claim 7
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The structure of claim 5 wherein said means for biasing said mirror outwardly is further defined by said outer end of said other support arm including an outer end formed from spring material for spring biasing said one end of Said mirror outwardly.