Patent ID: 6592231
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
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 extending outwardly therefrom, said mounting arms being slidably 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, at least one of said mounting arms having a releasable holding device carried thereby internally of the said support tube in which it is received to releasably hold said mounting arms in a desired adjusted position against longitudinal movement relative to said support tubes, said support tubes having open ends through which said mounting arms extend, and at least one of said pair of sup ort tubes having at least one stop thereon adjacent said open end thereof for cooperation with abutment on at least one of said mounting arms to prevent separation of said arms from said tubes.