Patent ID: 6491403
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A visual monitoring assembly disposed in a vehicle to enable an observer in a front portion of the vehicle to visually observe an infant located in a child safety seat that is positioned on a rear seat if the vehicle, the visual monitoring assembly comprising:a mirror support arm having an upper portion for supporting a mirror and a lower portion that is configured to be held in position by contact with a lower portion of the child safety seat, the lower portion of the mirror support arm comprising a base that is configured to be positioned between a bottom of the child safety seat and an upper portion of the rear seat, the entire base being substantially planar and having upper and lower surfaces that are substantially parallel to one another, and the upper portion of the mirror support arm extending upward from the upper a surface of the base; a mirror that is supported by the upper portion of the mirror support arm, the mirror support arm and the mirror being positionable so as to provide a line of sight from the observer to the infant which line of sight is directed off the mirror and a rear view mirror that is provided in the front portion of the vehicle.