Patent ID: 6276805
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B60R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
In a vehicle rear view mirror assembly, a support base having a pair of spaced-apart parallel support tubes extending outwardly therefrom, a mirror head having a pair of spaced-apart parallel mounting arms received within said support tubes to support said mirror head on said support base and provide selective adjustable movement of said mirror head toward and away from said support base, and said support tubes having support tube inner surfaces facing inwardly of said support tubes toward said mounting arms, and at least one of said mounting arms having a releasable holding device carried thereby completely internally of the said support tube in which it is received to and engaging said inner surface of said support tube in which said one mounting arm is received with sufficient force to releasably hold said mounting arms in a desired adjusted position against longitudinal movement relative to one another.