Patent ID: 6183098
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An exterior mirror assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a mirror head in which a reflective member is mounted, a base including a support for the mirror head, and a cylindrical spigot having an outer end projecting from the support into the mirror head, the mirror head including a hollow bearing which is journalled on the spigot and has a bearing shoulder and a cylindrical inner bearing surface, wherein the spigot comprises a cylindrical member having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced radially outwardly projecting detents engaged with said bearing shoulder to retain the mirror head on the spigot, said detents projecting radially outwardly beyond said cylindrical inner bearing surface and being resiliently deformable inwardly to permit insertion of said cylindrical member into said hollow bearing until said detents snap outwardly into co-operative relationship with said bearing shoulder.