Support for attaching a rear vision mirror to a windshield

• US 3,120,369 A
• Filed: 12/26/1961
• Issued: 02/04/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gray J.R. William
• Original Assignee: Gray J.R. William
• Inventors: GRAY JR WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US04/161,988
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• US Class Current: 248/484
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence

Claims

1. A SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING A REAR VISION MIRROR ASSEMBLY FROM THE GLASS WINDSHIELD OF A VEHICLE, SAID REAR VISION MIRROR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ATTACHING BALL CONNECTED WITH A REAR VISION MIRROR PANEL, COMPRISING A BASE HAVING ONE FACE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED DIRECTLY TO THE INSIDE FACE OF SAID WINDSHIELD, MEANS PROVIDING A CATCH SHOULDER ON SAID BASE FACING SAID WINDSHIELD, A PLATE HAVING A SPHERICAL CONCAVITY SEATED AGAINST ONE SIDE OF SAID BALL, A SPRING LATCH ON SAID PLATE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CATCH SHOULDER ON SAID BASE TO SECURE SAID PLATE TO SAID BASE, AND MEANS FRICTIONALLY HOLDING SAID BALL AGAINST SAID SPHERICAL CONCAVITY, COMPRISING A CAP HAVING A RIM EMBRACING THE RIM OF SAID BASE AND PLATE AND HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING SURROUNDED BY A CONCAVITY SEATED AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BALL, AND MEANS SECURING SAID CAP TO SAID PLATE, SAID REAR VISION MIRROR ASSEMBLY EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CENTRAL OPENING FROM SAID BALL.