Patent ID: 7934842

Claim:
An extendable rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising: a mount to be attached to a vehicle; a generally rectangular mirror, said mirror defining a plane, said mirror having a central axis and a longitudinal pivot axis which extends through said plane of said mirror and non-parallel to said plane of said mirror, and said longitudinal pivot axis is offset from said central axis, wherein said mirror rotates relative to a mirror shell; a structure for allowing rotation of said mirror about said longitudinal pivot axis, and rotation of said mirror about said longitudinal pivot axis moves said mirror between an inboard position, a first outboard position and a second outboard position, said mirror having a longer dimension and a smaller dimension to define said generally rectangular shape, and said longer dimension extending generally parallel to a horizontal plane when said mirror is in said inboard position, and said longer dimension of said mirror extends generally vertical when said mirror is in said first outboard position, wherein said inboard position and said second outboard position are disposed 180° apart from each other around said longitudinal pivot axis; and a detent mechanism that retains said mirror in said inboard position, said first outboard position, and said second outboard position, wherein said mirror shell includes one of a plurality of grooves and a post and the other of said plurality of grooves and said post is attached to said mirror, and said post is retained in one of said plurality of grooves to retain said mirror in one of said inboard position, said first outboard position, and said second outboard position.