Patent ID: 7600879
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A rear seat viewing system for a motor vehicle, comprising: a rear seat including a seat back portion, the seat back portion including an exterior surface, the exterior surface having an upward facing end surface; a mirror attached to a mirror mounting device; the mirror mounting device being configured to adjust the mirror between a stowed position and an employed position; wherein the minor is disposed within the exterior surface of the rear seat back portion in the stowed position and wherein the minor emerges through an opening in the upward facing end surface of the rear seat back portion to attain the employed position; the mirror mounting device including a first base portion and a second base portion, each of the base portions including two legs; a tab mounted on a first leg of each of the first base portion and the second base portion and configured to allow a user to compress the first leg toward a corresponding second leg; and a plurality of notches mounted within the exterior surface of the rear seat back portion and configured to releasably engage the respective first legs of each of the first and second base portions to releasably lock the mirror in the employed position.