Patent ID: 8215702

Claim:
A vehicle door, the vehicle door comprising: a vehicle exterior rearview mirror; an outer door shaft reinforcing device having a support; an inner door shaft reinforcing device having a further support; an inside door part; at least one screw fastening; an outside door part, said inside and outside door parts connected to said inner and outer door shaft reinforcing devices, said outside door part having a cutout formed therein; said cutout formed below a waistline of said door part; a reinforcing element fastened between said support of said outer door shaft reinforcing device and said further support of said inner door shaft reinforcing device and with said inside door part, said reinforcing element being an angled shaped reinforcing element, said reinforcing element having a first limb with an edge surface section and a second limb with and edge web, said edge surface section fastened to said inner door shaft reinforcing device and said edge web fastened to said inside door part, said first limb further having a supporting surface adapted to, bearing on and covering an extensive surface area of said outer door shaft reinforcing device; and a mirror base for said vehicle exterior rearview mirror and supported on said reinforcing element, said mirror base guided through said cutout disposed below said waistline and connected via said at least one screw fastening to said reinforcing element and to said support of said outer door shaft reinforcing device.