Mounting apparatus for rear view mirror
First Claim
1. A REAR VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MIRROR HAVING A REFLECTING SURFACE, A HOUSING SUPPORTING SAID MIRROR AND ENCLOSING THE REFLECTING SURFACE OF SAID MIRROR, SAID HOUSING HAVING A CUP-SHAPED PART FORMED INTEGRAL THEREWITH, SAID CUP-SHAPED PART HAVING A BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS DEFINING A CHAMBER OPENING AWAY FROM SAID MIRROR, THE PART OF SAID HOUSING SURROUNDING SAID CUP-SHAPED PART FORMING A FIRST BEARING SURFACE, A FIRST PLATE RESTING ON SAID FIRST BEARING SURFACE AND HAVING A DEPRESSION THEREIN FORMING A SECOND BEARING SURFACE SPACED-APART FROM SAID BOTTOM AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CHAMBER, SAID FIRST PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART OPENINS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A SECOND PLATE HAVING A FIRST OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SECOND BEARING SURFACE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART OPENINGS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FIRST OPENING AND HAVING A PART THEREOF SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND SEATED ON SAID SECOND BEARING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM AND OUT OF DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOUSING, FASTENING DEVICES EXTENDING THROUGH AT LEAST SOME OF SAID SPACEDAPART OPENINGS AND ENGAGING SAID HOUSING, SAID FASTENING DEVICES UPON TIGHTENING THEREOF BEING ADAPTED TO SANDWICH SAID PART OF SAID MEMBER TIGHTLY BETWEEN SAID PLATES TO MAINTAIN THE POSITION OF SAID MEMBER FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATES, THE FORCE EXERTED BY SAID PART OF SAID MEMBER AGAINST SAID SECOND BEARING SURFACE WHEN SAID FASTENING MEANS ARE TIGHTENED BEING TRANSMITTED TO SAID HOUSING OVER SAID FIRST BEARING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES BEING READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID HOUSING WHEN SAID FASTENING DEVICES ARE DISENGAGED FROM SAID HOUSING.
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1. A REAR VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MIRROR HAVING A REFLECTING SURFACE, A HOUSING SUPPORTING SAID MIRROR AND ENCLOSING THE REFLECTING SURFACE OF SAID MIRROR, SAID HOUSING HAVING A CUP-SHAPED PART FORMED INTEGRAL THEREWITH, SAID CUP-SHAPED PART HAVING A BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS DEFINING A CHAMBER OPENING AWAY FROM SAID MIRROR, THE PART OF SAID HOUSING SURROUNDING SAID CUP-SHAPED PART FORMING A FIRST BEARING SURFACE, A FIRST PLATE RESTING ON SAID FIRST BEARING SURFACE AND HAVING A DEPRESSION THEREIN FORMING A SECOND BEARING SURFACE SPACED-APART FROM SAID BOTTOM AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CHAMBER, SAID FIRST PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART OPENINS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A SECOND PLATE HAVING A FIRST OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SECOND BEARING SURFACE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART OPENINGS EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FIRST OPENING AND HAVING A PART THEREOF SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND SEATED ON SAID SECOND BEARING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM AND OUT OF DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOUSING, FASTENING DEVICES EXTENDING THROUGH AT LEAST SOME OF SAID SPACEDAPART OPENINGS AND ENGAGING SAID HOUSING, SAID FASTENING DEVICES UPON TIGHTENING THEREOF BEING ADAPTED TO SANDWICH SAID PART OF SAID MEMBER TIGHTLY BETWEEN SAID PLATES TO MAINTAIN THE POSITION OF SAID MEMBER FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATES, THE FORCE EXERTED BY SAID PART OF SAID MEMBER AGAINST SAID SECOND BEARING SURFACE WHEN SAID FASTENING MEANS ARE TIGHTENED BEING TRANSMITTED TO SAID HOUSING OVER SAID FIRST BEARING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES BEING READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID HOUSING WHEN SAID FASTENING DEVICES ARE DISENGAGED FROM SAID HOUSING.
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