Patent ID: 6962420

Claim:
An assembly for releasably securing a mirror support arm and a tie-bar together on a vehicle, the assembly comprising: a mirror support arm for supporting a mirror; a tie-bar for connection between said support arm and the vehicle; a connection head having a connection element carried by one of said support arm and tie-bar; a holder carried by the other of said support arm and tie-bar for attaching with said connection element; a positive lock assembly disposed proximate the connection element, the positive lock assembly having a locking element movable between a locking position in which the locking element protrudes from said positive lock assembly and a retracted position in which the locking element is at least partially withdrawn into said positive lock assembly, and said positive lock assembly having a biasing element urging said locking element into said locking position with respect to said holder and yielding to withdraw said locking element into said retracted position to allow the locking element to be moved in response to an external force so that said holder and connection element may be detached; and said holder slidably receiving said connection element, said holder having a swivel face with a depression, said locking element positionable in said depression in said locking position, and said biasing element urging the positive lock assembly to said locking position in said depression so that the holder is detachably secured to said connection head.