Patent ID: 7152986

Claim:
A pivot assembly adapted to connect a mirror head and a mirror mounting bracket of a rear vision mirror assembly, the pivot assembly comprising; a spigot, a plate, an aperture in the plate journalled to the spigot, a detent arrangement between the plate and spigot that changes from a locked position, where the plate is held with respect to the spigot, to a disengaged position by rotation of the plate with respect to the spigot, a spring acting against the detent arrangement to hold it in the locked position, the spring yielding to allow the detent arrangement to move to a disengaged position as the plate is rotated with respect to the spigot, attachment arrangements on both the spigot and plate that allow the spigot to be secured to either one of the mirror head or the mirror mounting bracket and the plate to be secured to either one of the mirror head or the mirror mounting bracket to enable the mirror head to be held, or rotated with respect to the mirror mounting bracket, and a stop portion associated with the spigot and adapted to engage with a stop arrangement on either the mirror head or the mirror mounting bracket to limit rotation of the mirror head with respect to the mirror mounting bracket.