Patent ID: 7127965
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: B62J,B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A grip/mirror combination including an auxiliary grip, with the auxiliary grip having a first end and a second end, with the first end and the second end being spaced and defining a grip axis, with the first end including a clamp formed thereon for slideable receipt of a bicycle handle at a first nonparallel angle to the grip axis; a mirror device connected to the second end of the auxiliary grip and moveable between a first position and a second position; and a joint for connecting the auxiliary grip with the mirror device, with the auxiliary grip including an upper portion and a lower portion, with the joint located intermediate the upper and lower portions, with a bolt extending through the upper and lower portions and the joint and defining a first joint axis, with the mirror device in the second position extended from the auxiliary grip and the grip axis at a second non-parallel angle, with the mirror device received in the auxiliary grip intermediate the first end and the second end in the first position, wherein when the mirror device is received in the auxiliary grip in the first position, the auxiliary grip is used by grasping by fingers of a bicyclist's hand generally concentrically around the grip axis and intermediate the clamp and the second end to facilitate manipulation by the bicyclist's hand on the auxiliary grip, and when the mirror device is in the second position, the auxiliary grip is used by grasping by the fingers of the bicyclist's hand generally concentrically around the grip axis and intermediate the clamp and the second end to facilitate manipulation by the bicyclist's hand on the auxiliary grip, with the mirror device including a cover pivotally connected with the auxiliary grip, with the mirror device including a first mirror mounted on the cover, wherein the cover is pivotally connected with the joint about a second joint axis perpendicular to the first joint axis so that the cover can be rotated relative to the joint in a dimension different than rotation of the joint about the first joint axis relative to the auxiliary grip.