A cam carried by the hinge between the case and cover members engage the switch to turn the same on or off. Pivotally connected to the case member is a cover member of complementary peripheral configuration which carries a mirror thereon and light diffusing means adjacent thereto which overlies the electric lights when the cover is in place over the case member. This is accomplished by a lighted hand mirror which includes a case member having a battery, electric lights and a switch therein. It is believed that the present invention satisfies the need discussed above. It is not believed that the prior devices discussed above fully or adequately satisfy this need. They are, therefore, impossible to be used as a portable lighted mirror which can be carried in a handbag.Īpplicant believes that there is a need for a relatively small and inexpensive lighted hand mirror which can be carried in a person's pocket or purse. These prior devices are relatively large and require a 120 volt power source. There are also prior art lighted mirrors presently on the market which utilize a plurality of electric light bulbs and which are intended to be used on a dressing table or the like. Even further, Applicant's prior device requires the use of two hands to at least initially open the compact. Nonetheless, devices constructed in accordance with this prior patent are relatively expensive because of the number of components involved. 4,126,145.Īpplicant's prior patent has met with considerable commercial success. One such device is shown, for example, in Applicant's prior U.S. That is, they include a lower case member and a cover hinged thereto and the mirror is not visible unless the cover is opened. While small portable lighted mirrors have been known for some time, the prior art devices known to Applicant are generally in the form of a compact. This invention relates to a lighted hand mirror and more particularly to a lighted mirror which includes a battery source and light bulbs operated by the battery for illuminating the user's face. A lighted hand mirror as claimed in claim 5 wherein said socket means is comprised of a pair of flat metal strips spaced apart and wherein said illuminating means includes a substantially flat base having an electrical terminal on opposite surfaces thereof, said base being positioned between said spaced apart flat metal strips. A lighted hand mirror as claimed in claim 4 wherein said battery has a terminal at one end thereof and wherein said switch means is comprised of part of said flat metal strips being movable by said cam surface toward said terminal to make an electrical contact directly therewith.ħ. A lighted hand mirror as claimed in claim 4 wherein part of said flat metal strips function as socket means for said illuminating means.Ħ. A lighted hand mirror as claimed in claim 3 wherein said switch means and actuator means includes part of said flat metal strips.ĥ. A lighted hand mirror as claimed in claim 1 wherein said circuit means includes substantially flat metal strips and wherein channel means are provided within said case member for maintaining said flat metal strips in their proper position.Ĥ. A lighted hand mirror as claimed in claim 1 wherein said actuator means is movable in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said case member.ģ. Switch means within said bottom case member and including movable actuator means Ĭircuit means electrically interconnecting said battery, said illuminating means and said switch means Ī cam element, axially aligned with, and pivotally mounted on part of, said hinge means, and including a cam surface adapted to engage said actuator means for alternately moving the same between an off position and an on position when said cam element is pivoted, andĪ tab means extending from said cam element externally of said bottom case member and said cover member for manually pivoting said cam element.Ģ. Light diffusing means positioned on said cover member adjacent said mirror Ī battery positioned within said bottom case member Įlectrically operated illuminating means within said bottom case member and being positioned so as to lie behind said light diffusing means when said bottom case member and said cover member are in said closed position Hinge means joining said bottom case member and said cover member, so that said bottom member and said cover member are movable between an open position and a closed position A shallow cover member having a configuration complementary to the peripheral configuration of said bottom case member
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