Patent ID: 6896379

Claim:
A vehicle exterior rear view mirror assembly comprising: a support base mountable externally on a vehicle; a pair of vertically-spaced parallel hollow support tubes extending outwardly from said support base; a mirror head having a mirror head housing; a mirror mounted on said mirror head housing; a pair of vertically-spaced tube receiving openings in said mirror head housing rearwardly of said mirror and facing toward said support base; said support tubes being slidably received in said openings for providing movement of said mirror head toward and away from said support base; said support tubes having open ends within said mirror head housing; a pair of mounting arms on said mirror head; said mounting arms extending into said support tubes through said open ends thereof; said mounting arms and said support tubes being longitudinally movable relative to one another for providing movement of said mirror head toward and away from said support base; and said base plate and said pair of mounting arms being molded in one-piece of plastic material.