IP Library Granted Patent US 8,950,876
Granted Patent B2
US 8,950,876 · App. 13/654,027 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

Large vehicle side view mirror shield

Inventor: Ellie van Velthuizen (Brighton, CA)
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Patent No.
US 8,950,876
App. No.
13/654,027
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shield for a vehicle side view mirror comprises a main deflector body forming a hood with a lip extending from the deflector body configured to abut a surface of the minor. In a preferred embodiment a secondary deflector body extends rearwardly from the main deflector body opposite the lip. When the lip is attached to the mirror the shield is interposed in a space between the windshield and a reflective surface of the mirror, to deflect water and debris being cleared from the windshield thereby shielding the reflective surfaces of the mirror.

Claims (5)

1. A shield for a vehicle side view mirror, the mirror being affixed to a motor vehicle adjacent to a windshield of the vehicle, in a position where the mirror is exposed to water and debris cleared off of the windshield, and forwardly of a driver of the vehicle, the shield comprising

a substantially rigid main deflector body forming a hood having a rearwardly facing concavity, and

a lip extending from the deflector body, the lip being configured to abut a surface of the mirror such that when the lip is attached to the mirror the main deflector body is interposed into a space between the windshield and at least one reflective surface of the minor,

whereby the shield deflects the water and debris being cleared from the windshield to shield the at least one reflective surface of the minor from the water and debris.

2. The shield of claim 1 further comprising a substantially rigid secondary deflector body extending rearwardly from the main deflector body opposite the lip along a portion of the main deflector body.

Continuity (1)
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