Abstract: A device and method for angularly indexing an object (e.g., a mirror) relative to another at predetermined angles is provided. A rotatable mirror mount has the mirror mounted to a first element that rotates about an axis relative to an intermediate element. The intermediate element itself rotates about the same axis relative to a second element. The first and intermediate elements are formed with detents for establishing desired relative orientations at predetermined angles. The intermediate element can be locked at any position relative to the second element. When the intermediate element is locked, the first element remains rotatable with respect to the intermediate element and is restrained at desired relative orientations by the detents.

Abstract: A holding device for an interior mirror (2) in vehicles which allows an adjustment of the height at which this interior (2) mirror is installed. A holding arm (1), which bears the interior mirror (2) at a ball-and-socket joint (1a), is fitted as rotating around a swivelling axis (4) in an oblique position, which runs through a pivot (3), which in turn is fitted by means of a spacing element (1b) at a certain distance (5) from the holding arm (1). The pivot (3) can either be fitted to the spacing element (1b) of the holding arm (1) or to a holding base (6) with which the whole device is fixed in the vehicle. In order to lock the height of the interior mirror (2) a manually operated locking device (7) or an automatic locking device (8), which links the holding arm (1) or the spacing element (1b) to the holding base (6), is used.

Abstract: A device for marking a wall to indicate where to install a support element such as a nail for hanging an article such as a picture. The device is self-supporting in relation to the article and is releasably attachable to the suspension element on the article. A preferred embodiment is attachable to a saw-tooth type bracket suspension element. A second embodiment of the wall-marking device is attachable to pictures equipped with wire or cord for hanging. A third embodiment is usable with either saw-tooth type bracket or wire suspension elements.

Abstract: A mirror attachment for a baton, club or other object is described. The mirror attachment includes an arm having a receiving channel for releasably connecting the mirror attachment to the end of the baton. Attached to the arm is a rotatable mirror. The mirror can be angled to observe a variety of locations not readily available to the operator, such as locations above the operator's eye level, below the operator's eye level, or around corners.

Abstract: A stay housable type motor driven mirror to be attached, for example, to a car body has a drive gear rotatably driven by a drive apparatus, a clutch gear adapted to fit idlingly onto the support shaft and engage with the drive gear, a clutch holder fitted onto the support shaft beneath the clutch gear in order to rotate the support shaft by its rotation, a clutch mechanism having a concave face and a convex face, each so formed on a lower face of the clutch gear and an upper face of the clutch holder as to engage with each other, and a spring pressing the clutch gear to make the concave face and the convex face of the clutch mechanism engaged with each other. Consequently, it is possible to install the clutch mechanism at a side of follower of a large diameter gear and to increase a design allowance of clutch holding torque. In addition, a height of a bracket case is made shorten, design flexibility of stay attachment to the car body.

Abstract: An adjustable mirror mounting bracket including a stationary bracket member and a movable bracket member slidably mounted on the stationary bracket member. The stationary bracket member has two rows of corrugations and an opening for receiving a mounting screw between the rows, and the movable bracket member has two fingers for engaging a respective row of detents while by-passing the head on the mounting screw.

Abstract: A wall mounting support includes a shell fastened to a wall by an anchor and a screw, the shell comprising a front guard spaced from a front wall thereof with a receiving chamber defined therebetween for receiving the object to be supported. The front wall includes two resilient corrugated locating plates bilaterally obliquely disposed in an elongated opening of the front wall with a narrow sliding hole defined therebetween for permitting the screw head of the screw to be located at different symmetrical pairs of depressions on the corrugated locating plates.

Abstract: An altogether new hanger is disclosed for use in the mounting of game fish and other fauna. Being comprised of a single sheet metal stamping 34, whose specific purpose is to provide a relief between the specimen and wall or plaque, whereby two distinct planes are created: one plane for attachment to the specimen, the other plane for attachment to a vertical surface, the two planes connected by a stand off portion for displacement of one plane from, the other, the connections being made by simple bending of the hanger material.Final adjustment of the wall hanging is achieved by a multi-toothed cutout for placement over a wall nail. Tipping is eliminated by resilient polyurethane polymer bumpers in contact with a wall.In addition, once the hanger is attached to the specimen, it may be used as a support on a worktable for finaling work on the specimen.

Abstract: A hanging device for a hardboard member, such as a hardboard-backed picture, includes pairs of prongs which grip the hardboard, and a saw-tooth structure with which the hanging device can be suspended from a nail or similar article. The prongs of each pair are angled towards each other so that they bite into the hardboard when inserted. The hanging device is preferably formed from an initially flat piece of metal. A first portion of the hanging device includes one or more openings containing the prongs and a second portion defines an opening having the sawtooth structure. In an alternative embodiment, the second portion also includes prongs, and in this embodiment, there are three sets of prongs for engaging the hardboard. After the hanging device has been driven into the hardboard, the second portion is bent away from the hardboard, so that the hanging device can be suspended from a nail or picture hanger affixed to a wall.

Abstract: A telephone support or holder clamps to a hospital bed rail assembly to accommodate a telephone instrument of the one-piece type. The holder has a bracket formed of a vertical back wall with upper and lower hooks that secure the holder to the upper and lower rails of the bed rail assembly. The telephone instrument is held between a pair of retaining members that each comprise a side wall and a front flange that extends towards the opposite retaining member. A support shelf or telephone rest can be affixed on the bracket or can be selectively positionable along a vertical slot. The bracket can have a C-shaped clamp member to secure to the vertical post of the older style hospital bed rails.

Abstract: A rearview mirror located in the interior of a motor vehicle passenger compartment, the support for the mirror being adjustable telescopically be the guided movement of an inner tube within an outer tube.

Abstract: A telephone support or holder clamps to a hospital bed rail assembly to accommodate a telephone instrument of the one-piece type. The holder has a bracket formed of a vertical back wall with upper and lower hooks that secure the holder to the upper and lower rails of the bed rail assembly. The telephone instrument is held between a pair of retaining members that each comprise a side wall and a front flange that extends towards the opposite retaining member. A support shelf or telephone rest can be affixed on the bracket or can be selectively positionable along a vertical slot. The bracket can have a C-shaped clamp member to secure to the vertical post of the older style hospital bed rails.

Abstract: A remote-controlled rear-view mirror assembly is movably supported in a housing and can be adjusted by an electric motor from a remote point. An electric motor is mounted in the mirror housing and has an electrically reversibly direction of rotation and stepdown gearing. The drive shaft is connected to a crank. A pin connected to the crank executes circular motion about the centerline axis of the drive shaft when the motor is activated. The pin slides in an endless groove cut in the face of a spherically shaped cam. The spherically shaped cam and mirror are rigidly attached at opposite ends of a common shaft. The common shaft has a spherical ball located at a point between the two ends. The spherical ball moves within a spherical cup which is attached to the mirror housing. The movement of the pin in the groove causes the mirror to pivot about the center of the spherical ball joint, giving the mirror its necessary range of motion.

Abstract: A hanging device facilitates the attachment of a foam board, or an equivalent object, to a wall. The hanging device has a body portion and at least one prong. The method of attaching the hanging device to the foam board includes the steps of inserting the prong upwardly into the foam board, and then rotating the body portion, which remains outside the foam board, so that at least part of the foam is compressed by the prong. If the foam board has a paper skin or backing, insertion of the prong creates a slot in the skin, and the slot tends to hold the device in position. The part of the body portion remaining outside the foam board can be suspended from a mounting device, such as a nail or a conventional picture hanger, affixed to a wall. The prong itself can also be bent towards the body portion, to increase the compression of the foam.

Abstract: The rear view mirror bracket support incorporates multiple detent positions. The inverted cup-like cover has opposed pairs of grooves inside the side walls of the cover. A moving bracket has one end fixed to the cover and carries the mirror. A molded spring member having arcuate, radially flexible, spring arms engageable with the grooves is connected to a fixed bracket through a retainer. The retainer and the spring have serrations which are engageable to prevent relative rotation between the spring and the retainer when a bolt passing through the cover and the spring member and the retainer is tightened. When the bolt is loosened the spring member can be moved relative to the retainer to set the initial operative detent position. Now the moving bracket can be moved to any one of a number of additional detented positions or can be moved to any intermediate position which will not be detented.

Abstract: A picture hanging assembly is disclosed for attaching a picture to a wall structure. The assembly includes a first bracket having an elongated body and two prongs which extend outwardly from one edge of the body and in which the prongs are longitudinally spaced from each other. A second bracket also has an elongated body and two recesses which are open to one edge of the body and are dimensioned to slidably receive the prongs. The bottoms of the recesses are inclined in opposite directions with respect to the axis of the second bracket body. One bracket is secured to the picture while the other bracket is secured to a wall structure.

Abstract: An improved frame hanging and joining device comprising a bracket having a platform with teeth that engage a nail or screw protruding from a wall to support a frame on the wall, hold the frame together and provide for height adjustment of one end of the frame with respect to the other.

Abstract: A rear viewing system allowing the driver to view occupants near the back of the bus comprises of a mirror resiliently mounted to a backing support member. The backing support member is attached to the back of the bus via two types of brackets. The first mounting bracket includes a mounting flange secured to the backing support member and an adjustable length L-shaped strut pivotally connected to the mounting flange and having a mounting surface adapted to be mounted flush to an interior wall of the bus. The second type of mounting bracket has two major components, a backing member strut and a securing strut. The backing member strut is essentially L-shaped as is the securing strut. The second mounting bracket is adjustable in that a fastener connects aligned openings in the backing member strut and securing strut.

Abstract: Hanging devices for pictures and the like, comprising a pair of generally triangular shaped members, each member preferably having a generally right triangle configuration with a raised hypotenuse edge having an irregular or sawtooth edge surface. The triangular members are adapted for respective attachment proximate the top corners of a picture or the like, with the irregular edge facing generally downwardly so as to engage against a pair of spaced-apart nails or other projections attached to a wall. Picture leveling can be straightforwardly accomplished by a slight lateral positioning of the picture to permit selective engagement between the nails and the sawteeth along the respective edges.

Abstract: A reflector device for use with an optical distance measuring apparatus which includes a frame carrying a reflecting element such as a corner cube type prism and a holder for mounting the frame. The frame has a reference surface and the holder has two or more reference surfaces which are adapted to be alternately engaged with the reference surface on the frame so that the offset value of the prism can be changed.

Abstract: A lockable picture hanging and straightening device for securing a picture to a wall. The device has a channel member which passes into and is locked into a rectangular member. A reel is attached to the rectangular member and a line acting as an adjustable length linkage is affixed from a convenient corner of the painting to the reel, and the reel is tightened to an extent that the picture is level. The point of attachment of the line to the picture must be on the side of the picture which is too low.

Abstract: An external rear view mirror for motor vehicles is provided and includes a mirror body arranged in a housing which is open on one side. The housing is connected with a mounting support for the housing by a rotating shaft in such a manner that the housing is pivotable about two essentially vertical axes located one behind the other as seen in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In addition, preferably in the region of the pivot axes, the housing is held by at least two releasable latches arranged at different distances from the mounting support.

Abstract: A convex rear view mirror for removable attachment to a suitable support bracket therefor mounted on a bicycle, comprising the convex mirror, a positioning element for adjusting the mirror, and a tapered open shaft for snap-on insertion into an opening in said support bracket.

Abstract: A mirror and picture placed back-to-back in a frame are pivotably attached to a wall to allow the mirror to be positioned substantially horizontally, for viewing by a person in a bed, or concealed against the wall with the picture displayed.

Abstract: A picture hanging bracket comprising a pair of complementary parts, one for attachment to the picture and the other for attachment to the wall, which parts interact to hold the picture and also to permit leveling after the picture is hung on the wall.

Abstract: A mirror for use in automobiles using a support frame of approximate C-shape and having a mirror support spring also supporting the support frame, the mirror support spring preventing the mirror from moving due to motion or vibrations of the automobile.

Abstract: A pivoting guard arm device is detachably mounted at one side of a two-wheel vehicle such as a bicycle. Mounting means secured to the bicycle holds the guard arm in a normally retracted position at one side of the bicycle. From its retracted position, the arm may be swung outwardly into laterally projecting relationship to that side of the bicycle exposed to passing traffic when operated on a highway or other thoroughfare. A reflector or other desired signalling means located on the outer end of the guard arm aids in indicating the presence of the bicycle to vehicles approaching from the rear and especially serves to indicate proximity of vehicles passing the bicycle so that a safe passing clearance may be more readily maintained. The mounting means may be attached at some desirable point on the bicycle body, and preferably may be engaged about the rear bicycle wheel shaft.