Patent ID: 6015215
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A non-obstructive, auxiliary rear view mirror assembly and mounting apparatus to generally provide the driver of a vehicle with a full view of the vehicle's blind spot, while generally avoiding any obstruction of and contact to a reflective mirror surface of a collapsible factory-mounted side view mirror assembly, comprising:a non-circular, convex mirror body;a mounting bracket having a planar back portion and an open front portion to receive said non-circular, convex mirror body; anda mounting apparatus affixed to the back of said mounting bracket to affix said mounting bracket to a support member of the collapsible, factory-mounted side view mirror assembly, wherein said convex mirror body is positioned on the support member wholly laterally inboard of the factory-mounted side view mirror assembly, and said non-circular, convex mirror body and mounting bracket are mounted on the support member between a reflective mirror surface of the factory-mounted side view mirror assembly and an exterior surface of the vehicle, to provide cooperation between said convex mirror body and a fixed mounting bracket of the factory-mounted side view mirror assembly such that when said factory-mounted side view mirror is in a collapsed engagement to the fixed mounting bracket of the factory-mounted side view mirror assembly, there is no contact between said convex mirror body and the fixed mounting bracket of the factory-mounted side view mirror assembly.