ADJUSTABLE MIRROR SUPPORT

SUPPORT DE MIROIR, REGLABLE

English Abstract

Abstract
The adjustable mirror support with attached mirror is to be used
on a wheelchair or other support to allow a person with limited
mobility a view of the people and surroundings behind him. The
adjustable mirror support is made of a flexible tube with a
reinforcing rod inside the tube to make the mirror easily adapted
to an individual's needs by bending the arm in any position
necessary, the reinforcing rod serving to keep the arm in place in
spite of vibrations caused by motion. It also makes the storage of
the mirror possible while leaving it attached to the wheelchair.
The reinforced tubular arm, with special adaptors at the top can be
used to hold a camera or a computer keyboard.

Claims

Claims
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property
or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A manually adjustable object support comprising an arm
consisting of a flexible hollow sleeve and an internal bendable
rod, object attachment means supported at one end of said arm,
retaining means attached to the other end of the arm for holding
the arm in a stationary position, said arm being moveable about
said retaining means to thereby hold the object in any adjusted
position substantially unaffected by vibrations transmitted through
the retaining means.
2. The support of claim 1 wherein the arm is made of metal.
3. The support of claim 1 wherein the sleeve is made of
flexible tubing.
4. The support of claim l wherein the object attachment means
is pivotally supporting the object.
5. The support of claim 4 wherein the object attachment means
is axially rotatable.
6. The support of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the object
is a mirror and the retaining means is further attached to a
wheelchair.
7. The support of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the object
is a camera.
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Description

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Disclcsure
The inven-tion pertains generally -to -the ~ield of adjustable
mirrors or other objects to be positioned about a fixed support
particularly for use with wheelchairs.
Prior adjustable mirrors have used a hollow flexible support .
When the support is subjected to vibrations i-t tends to move from
the previously adjusted position. This slippage is not
satisfactory and none o-f the supports known to me have all of the
advantages of the present invention.
According to a broad aspect, the invention relates to an
adjustable support for an object which is very resistant to
slippage from vibra-tions transmitted to the support.
According to a ætill further broad aspect the invention relates
to a manually adjustable object support comprising an arm
consisting of a flexible hollow sleeve and an internal bendable
rod, object attachment means supported at one end of said arm,
retaining mean~ at the o-ther end of the arm for holding the arm in
a stationary position, said arm being moveable about said retaining
meanæ to thereby hold the object in any adjusted position
substantially unaffected by vibrations of the support.
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The above and other objec-ts and Peatures of the invention will
be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention
pertains from the following detailed description and the drawings,
in which:
Fi~ure 1 is a side view o-f a flexible mirror support;
Figure 2 is a bottom view of a retaining means for attachment
of the support to a carrying means such as a wheelchair.
In Figure 1 is shown a mirror support having a mirror pivotally
hinged to mirror attachment 1 which is further axially rotatable
and clamped to a special adapter 2. In place of the mirror other
objects may be utilized such as a camera or a computer keyboard.
The special adapter is made of metal in the prototype which I had
built and is threaded -to one end of a rod. The rod serves to
reinforce the flexible arm 3 and is covered by an outer sleeve.
The arm may be bent and retain its position~ At the lower end of
the support the rod is threaded into adapter olamp 4 which al.so
serves to fix the mirror support to a carrying means such as a
wheelchair.
Thic invention allows for communication between -the ohair
occupant and the chair pusher 7 and can a~low the chair occupant to
safely back up because of increased visual fields, check for
pressure points, use in personal grooming, and enhance the security
of the chair occupant, as well as many other uses suggested by
persons wlth restricted ~obility.
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The support illus-trated in the drawings and described above is
subject to structural modification~ and substitution of other
material without departing from the spirit and scope of the
appended claims.
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Representative Drawing