SAFETY REARVIEW MIRROR MOUNTINGS

• US 3,589,662 A
• Filed: 12/24/1968
• Issued: 06/29/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lagrange Henri
• Original Assignee: Lagrange Henri
• Inventors: LAGRANGE HENRI
• Application Number:
  US04/786,661
• Time in Patent Office: 917 Days
• US Class Current: 248/549
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45555 having separate mounting means inserted into area

Abstract

A fastening device applicable more particularly to rearview mirrors of automotive vehicles, characterized in that it comprises two members, one of relatively rigid material and the other of resilient material, which are secured the one to the rearview mirror arm and the other to the vehicle body, said members comprising elements permitting their mutual engagement by flexion of said resilient member and their disengagement when a certain force or a shock is applied to the member carrying the rearview mirror.

Claims

1. A safety device for securing a rear viewer of a vehicle comprising a two elements, the first element made of a relatively rigid material, the second element being made of a flexible material, one of said elements forming a part of an arm to support the rear viewer, the other element being associated with the body of the vehicle, the engagement of said two elements one within the other being effected by flexing of the flexible element, the disengagement thereof being possible as a result of an impact applied to the element supporting the rear viewer, characterized in that the contact surface of said elements is concavo-convex, the first element being constituted of a member having an equilateral triangular shape wherein the rounded off vertices from engaging teeth, the second element having a shape corresponding to said first element, the edging thereof forming a rib, the vertices of which provide notches being adapted to engage the first element.

2. The device defined in claim 1 said second element having a second member, said secOnd member being formed with a central boss having a cavity and a hole formed therethrough for receiving a screw by which said second member is adapted to be secured to the vehicle body.

3. A modified form of the fastening device defined by claim 1, characterized in that said first element is secured to the vehicle body and of circular configuration with peripheral bosses each formed with a groove, said second element having substantially the shape of an equilateral triangle with rounded vertices adapted to engage the grooves of the first element, and said first element being formed with a central orifice engageable by the relevant end of the rearview mirror arm.