Patent ID: 7648185
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle cab comprising: a roof; a side door that provides ingress to and egress from a driver's compartment inside the cab; a window opening in the door located below a margin of the door that is between the cab roof and the window opening; and an outside rearview mirror assembly comprising a housing that houses a reflecting surface for enabling a person in the driver's compartment to look through the window opening and see a field of view toward the rear of the vehicle, and a mounting for mounting the housing on the door, wherein the mounting comprises a mounting bar that is attached to the door, that has a length running along the top margin of the door, and that along at least a portion of that length comprises an upwardly open channel for collecting rainwater runoff from the roof before the runoff can wash across the window opening.