Patent ID: 7628372
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An external rear view mirror of a vehicle, comprising: a mirror mounting; a reflector; and a back, said mirror mounting being mounted on said back for connecting said rear view mirror to an external mirror mounting arm located externally on the vehicle and having a length which has a polygonal or a circular cross-section, said mounting having a rear view mirror and an open recess in which the mirror mounting arm is located, said recess having a planer base which provides a mirror mounting arm engaging surface, the cross-section of said open recess being substantially rectangular and the planer base forming a long side of said rectangular recess, said long side having ends, each of the ends of said long side joining an end wall perpendicular to said long side, said end walls being arranged in parallel planes so that the end walls have surfaces facing towards each other; a V-shaped recess in said planer base to receive a mirror mounting arm, having a polygonal or a circular cross-section; the width of said V-shaped recess being less than the length of said long side such that a flat section of said long side remains on each side of the V-shaped recess and extends up to the adjacent end wall to receive a mirror mounting arm of polygonal cross-section selected from a square or a rectangle; said V-shaped recess having two surfaces which are angled at 120° to each other and extend up to the planer base; and clamp means provided on said mounting which engage said mirror mounting arm and clamp said mirror mounting arm to said planer base.