Patent ID: 8226252

Claim:
An extendable rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, the extendable rearview mirror assembly comprising: a mount to be attached to a vehicle; a mirror defining a plane, wherein the mirror has a central axis and a longitudinal pivot axis which extends through the plane of the mirror and non-parallel to the plane of the mirror, and the longitudinal pivot axis is offset from the central axis; a mirror shell, wherein the mirror rotates relative to the mirror shell; a structure for allowing rotation of the mirror about the longitudinal pivot axis, wherein rotation of the mirror about the longitudinal pivot axis moves the mirror between an inboard position, a first outboard position and a second outboard position, the mirror having a longer dimension and a smaller dimension, the longer dimension extending generally parallel to a horizontal plane when the mirror is in the inboard position or the second outboard position, the longer dimension of the mirror extending generally vertical when the mirror is in the first outboard position, and the inboard position and the second outboard position are disposed 180° apart from each other around the longitudinal pivot axis; and a retention mechanism including a projection and a plurality of apertures, wherein the projection is associated with one of the mirror and the mirror shell and the plurality of apertures are associated with the other of the mirror and the mirror shell, and the projection is received in one of the plurality of apertures to retain the mirror in one of the inboard position, the first outboard position, and the second outboard position.