Patent ID: 6692131
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Left and right rear view mirror assemblies for attachment to a vehicle comprising:a right support and a left support, each for attachment to the vehicle; a right housing and a left housing; a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate identical to the first carrier plate, the first carrier plate secured to the right support, and the second carrier plate secured to the left support, the first carrier plate disposed within the right housing, the second carrier plate disposed within the left housing; a first transition piece and a second transition piece identical to the first transition piece, both transition pieces having a first point having a thickness and a second point spaced from the first point and having a second thickness less than the first thickness, the difference in the first and second thicknesses defining an angle &dgr;, the first transition piece being secured to the first carrier plate within the right housing and the second transition piece being secured to the second carrier plate within the left housing, the first transition piece being disposed in an orientation with respect to the first carrier plate rotated 180Â° relative to an orientation with respect to the second carrier plate of the second transition piece; and a first mirror assembly and a second mirror assembly identical to the first mirror assembly, the first transition piece attached between the first carrier plate and the first mirror assembly and the second transition piece attached between the second carrier plate and the second mirror assembly so as to reflect light from behind the vehicle to a true driver's position when the first and second mirror assemblies are each in a respective zero position.