Patent ID: 6892610

Claim:
A tool for removing automotive rearview mirrors mounted on a glass windshield wherein such mirrors include a bracket tab required to be displaced away from the glass windshield for removal of the mirror, the tool comprising: a first jaw having a curved protective surface for receiving a removable mirror base; a second jaw having a distal portion separated from the protective surface and configured to engage the locking tab of a removable mirror when an associated mirror base is received in the protective surface, the distal portion having a thickness equal to, or less than, 0.175 inches and a width less than ⅝ inches; and means of biasing the second jaw toward the protective surface; and wherein: the protective surface has a trough point; the distal portion has a contact surface facing the protective surface, the contact surface offset a first dimension from the trough point; and the distal portion has a distal end, the distal end offset a second dimension from the trough point, the second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension; and wherein the first dimension is 0.8 inches, and the second dimension is 0.75 inches.