Patent ID: 7384162

Claim:
A vehicle outside mirror apparatus configured to be manually retractable toward a body of a vehicle, the vehicle outside mirror apparatus comprising: a base that is fixed to the body; a shaft that is fixed to the base; a manual retractable mechanism configured to retract the vehicle outside mirror apparatus manually toward the body of the vehicle; and a mirror assembly that is retractably installed on the shaft, wherein the mirror assembly includes: a mirror housing that has an opening portion and a closed portion; a mirror unit that is provided in the opening portion of the mirror housing, the mirror unit having a reflecting surface; and a cover that is fixed to a closed portion of the mirror housing to cover the closed portion, and the mirror housing includes: a fixed portion that is fixed to the shaft retractably around the shaft via the retractable mechanism-for allowing retraction, the fixed portion being formed on the base and the lower side of the mirror housing, the fixed portion comprising an outer cylinder; and a wall portion that is provided between the opening portion and the fixed portion in such a manner that the shaft and the manual retractable mechanism are invisible from any point of the opening portion, the wall portion being integrally joined to the fixed portion and to an upper edge and lower edge of the opening, the wall portion further being formed with a part of the closed portion and with a part of the outer cylinder, the wall portion extending between the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening, the wall portion having a substantially plate shape.