Patent ID: 7108384

Claim:
A patrol vehicle safety mirror, for attaching to a patrol car having a front, a driver side, and a driver side rear-view mirror, for use when an officer is walking back to the patrol car from a stopped vehicle located in front of the patrol car, comprising: a mounting plate having a semi-spherical collar; a main housing, having a front and a rear surface, a socket adjacent to the rear surface, the rear surface having a mounting plate recess for accommodating the mounting plate flush with the rear surface of the main housing, a mirror plate attached at the front and is oriented forwardly for allowing the officer to view a reflection from the front; and a mounting arm, attached and extend from the rear of the main housing and extending laterally for mounting to the patrol car such that the front of the main housing is oriented in the direction of the front of the patrol car, the mounting arm having an open rear surface and a receptacle, wherein the mounting arm is attached to the main housing with a ball assembly having a plug having an axial bore, the plug extending into the receptacle wherein a central screw extends through the open rear surface of the mounting arm and extends into the axial bore for fastening the plug in the receptacle, the ball assembly also having a ball that is pivotally mounted within the socket, such that when the mounting plate is attached within the mounting plate recess the ball is accommodated between the socket and the semi-spherical collar for allowing the ball to rotate and pivot therein for allowing the main housing to pivotally adjust with respect to the mounting arm.