Vanity mirror
US6742917B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Q3/252
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Vanity mirrors are provided with a body base member having a mirror, and an illumination member detachably mounted to the body base member. The illumination member includes a lens plate and an elongate lamp tube having one and another terminal ends between which electrical current may pass to illuminate the lamp, and thus the mirror. The illumination member is provided with a planar base plate having a pair of spaced-apart base contact terminals adapted to being connected to lamp circuit leads through which electrical current may be supplied to the lamp tube. The lamp tube is positioned on an upper side of the base plate and has one terminal end thereof soldered to one of the base contact terminals. A contact piece is positioned on the upper side of the base plate and has an end thereof soldered to the other terminal end of the lamp member. The contact piece is operably associated with a switch mechanism so as to make and break an electrical circuit with the other of the base contact terminals in response to a mirror cover being moved into the opened and closed conditions so as to turn the lamp tube on and off, respectively, and thereby illuminate the mirror.
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