Patent ID: 7008068
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A folding mirror device for a vehicle, the mirror device comprising: a stand; a support shaft extending from the stand and including a base portion; a case installed on the support shaft, the case including a fitting portion disposed around an outer periphery of the base portion of the support shaft; a minor unit attached to the case, and swingable around the support shaft, by rotation of the fitting portion around the support shalt, for positioning at positions including a viewing position and a folded position; and a positioning mechanism at an interface of the stand and the case, the positioning mechanism including a plurality of convexities formed at the case and a plurality of concavities formed at the stand, the convexities being insertable into the concavities, and each convexity and each concavity including one end portion and another end portion, wherein the one end portions of the convexities are surface-contactingly engageable with the one end portions of the concavities for holding the case and the mirror unit at one of the viewing position and the folded position, and the another end portions of the convexities are surface-contactingly engageable with the another end portions of the concavities for holding the case and the mirror unit at the other of the viewing position and the folded position, and the one end portions and the another end portions substantially correspond to portions of helical surfaces whose central axes substantially coincide with the axis of the support shaft.