Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Bourassa

Joseph R. Bourassa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4227671
    Abstract: A rear view mirror mounting for installation on the driver's door of a truck or a car hauling a camper, trailer or the like comprises a rigid arm to protrude from the vehicle door, a mirror support post telescoped with the arm for holding a mirror at the required outward position, two rigid legs diverging downwardly from a pivotal connection with the outer end of the arm, and footing brackets pivoted on parallel horizontal axes to the inner arm end and the lower leg ends so that the assembly can be mounted readily in a desired viewing position on a vehicle door having any of various outside contours. Special two-part footing brackets that comprise heads slidable into locked positions on unobtrusive rail plates fixed to the door enable the mirror assembly to be attached and removed easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Bourassa, Manuel Lopez
  • Patent number: 4120476
    Abstract: A rear view mirror mounting for installation on the driver's door of a truck or a car hauling a camper, trailer or the like comprises a rigid arm to protrude from the vehicle door, a mirror support post telescoped with the arm for holding a mirror at the required outward position, two rigid legs diverging downwardly from a pivotal connection with the outer end of the arm, and footing brackets pivoted on parallel horizontal axes to the inner arm end and the lower leg ends so that the assembly can be mounted readily in a desired viewing position on a vehicle door having any of various outside contours. Special two-part footing brackets that comprise heads slidable into locked positions on unobtrusive rail plates fixed to the door enable the mirror assembly to be attached and removed easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Bourassa, Manuel Lopez