Patent ID: 8459810

Claim:
An adjustable rear view mirror, comprising: amounting seat formed with a screw hole extending along a first axis; a rotating seat having a main body that is connected to said mounting seat and rotatable relative to said mounting seat about the first axis, and that has an abutting wall connected co-rotatably to said main body, and a supporting wall unit that has a pair of juxtaposed first and second supporting walls, said second supporting wall having a screw hole extending along a second axis crossing the first axis, said first supporting wall having a hole that is formed therethrough and that is aligned with said screw hole of said second supporting wall; a first adjusting member having a stem portion that extends through said abutting wall of said main body of said rotating seat along the first axis and that engages said screw hole of said mounting seat, and a head portion that is connected to an upper end of said stem portion; at least one first washer coated with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) coating, sleeved on said stem portion of said first adjusting member, and clamped either between said mounting seat and said abutting wall, or between said head portion of said first adjusting member and said abutting wall, static friction between said PTFE coating of said first washer and an assembly of said first adjusting member and said mounting seat being sufficient to provide resistance to rotation of said rotating seat relative to said mounting seat; a supporting rod being pivotable relative to said supporting wall unit about the second axis, and having a pivot end pivotally connected to said supporting wall unit, and a supporting end opposite to said pivot end; a rear view mirror body being connected to said supporting end of said supporting rod; a second adjusting member having a stem portion that extends through said pivot end of said supporting rod, and that engages said screw hole of said second supporting wall, and a head portion that is connected to an end of said stem portion of said second adjusting member and that is disposed within said hole in said first supporting wall; and at least one second washer coated with the PTFE coating, sleeved on said stem portion of said second adjusting member, and clamped either between said second supporting wall and said pivot end, or between said head portion of said second adjusting member and said pivot end, static friction between said PTFE coating of said second washer and said pivot end of said supporting rod being sufficient to provide resistance to rotation of said supporting rod relative to said supporting wall unit.