Patent ID: 7510287

Claim:
An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising: a mirror casing; a mirror reflective element; a circuit element having electronic circuitry and a mirror wire harness extending therefrom, said mirror wire harness extending from said mirror casing; a double pivot joint mirror mounting assembly, said double pivot joint mirror mounting assembly comprising a mounting base configured to mount at an interior portion of a vehicle windshield and a support arm for adjustably mounting said mirror reflective element about said mounting base; said mirror wire harness being routed along an exterior surface of said support arm and an exterior surface of said mounting base; a support arm sleeve that is attached at an exterior of said support arm; said mirror wire harness routed substantially along said support arm and within said support arm sleeve so as to be substantially concealed from view at said support arm; a mounting base cover assembly, said mounting base cover assembly disposed at said mounting base of said double pivot joint mirror mounting assembly, said mounting base cover assembly substantially concealing said mounting base and substantially concealing said mirror wire harness at said mounting base; and an end of said mirror wire harness being configured to be electrically connectable to a connecting end of a vehicle wire harness.