Patent ID: 7393111

Claim:
An outside mirror for a motor vehicle comprising: a mirror foot fastenable to the vehicle; a mirror carrier fastenable to the mirror foot so as to be capable of swiveling about a swiveling axis; a circular symmetrical retaining element in the form of a sleeve connected to said mirror foot, said retaining element extending in a direction of said swiveling axis for fastening said mirror carrier to said mirror foot, said retaining element being insertable by a free end into a functionally complementary recess of said mirror carrier; guide surfaces disposed in said recess of said mirror carrier for receiving said retaining element, said guide surfaces including protruding guide lugs whereby a swiveling motion of said mirror carrier on said retaining element may be guided in a radial direction substantially without play; a first detent element associated with one of said mirror foot and said mirror carrier, said first detent element being flexible such that said first detent element deflects when said mirror carrier engages said mirror foot, whereby said first detent element generates a spring force to maintain said mirror carrier with a specific initial tension elastically against said mirror foot; a first detent contour associated with the other of said mirror foot and the mirror carrier, said mirror carrier being connected to said mirror foot via engagement of said first detent element with said first detent; and a second detent contour associated with the mirror foot, the position of the mirror carrier relative to the mirror foot being secured at at least one defined swivel angle when said mirror carrier engages said second detent contour, said sleeve being located within said mirror carrier when said mirror carrier engages said second detent contour of said mirror foot, said mirror carrier being movable in a direction of said swiveling axis, counter to pressure of said spring force such that said mirror carrier disengages said second detent contour via swiveling said mirror carrier about said swiveling axis when a force is applied to said mirror carrier.