Patent ID: 7344258
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A two part forward view apparatus for a motor vehicle, said apparatus provides an image from a location forward of the apparatus, said image being able to be viewed by a driver of said vehicle, said apparatus comprising: a first part for fitting to an exterior of a door of the vehicle and a second part for fitting to an interior of the same door of the vehicle in opposing relation to the first part, with the door therebetween, a two-mirror arrangement, and a first one of the mirrors of said two-mirror arrangement has a curved surface, a window, and a viewing portal, and wherein light from a location forward of the apparatus passes through said window and is reflected by said two-mirror arrangement through the viewing portal to eyes of the driver of the vehicle, wherein said viewing portal is located on an inboard side of said apparatus in said second part, wherein said viewing portal is adapted to be viewed from within an interior structure of said vehicle, rather than through a window of said vehicle, and wherein a second inboard one of said mirrors is located within the interior structure of the vehicle in said second part, and wherein the first one of said mirrors is located exteriorly of said door in said first part.