Trailer tow mirror
First Claim
1. In a vehicle rear view mirror assembly, a support base having a pair of spaced-apart parallel support tubes extending outwardly therefrom, a mirror head having a pair of spaced-apart parallel mounting arms extending outwardly therefrom, said mounting arms being slidably received within said support tubes to support said mirror head on said support base and provide selective adjustable movement of said mirror head toward and away from said support base, and at least one of said mounting arms having a releasable holding device carried thereby internally of the said support tube in which it is received to releasably hold said mounting arms in a desired adjusted position against longitudinal movement relative to said support tubes.
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Abstract
A mirror assembly has a pair of telescoping tubular supports extending between a support base and a mirror head to provide adjustment of the mirror head toward and away from the support base. Friction shoes within the tubular supports releasably hold such supports against unintentional telescoping movement. Cooperating stops on the telescoping supports limit outward movement of the mirror head and prevent complete separation of the telescoping supports. The tubular supports are hingedly attached to the support base for rotation about a vertical axis, and cooperating detents and spring elements on the supports and support base releasably hold the supports against rotation.
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- 1. In a vehicle rear view mirror assembly, a support base having a pair of spaced-apart parallel support tubes extending outwardly therefrom, a mirror head having a pair of spaced-apart parallel mounting arms extending outwardly therefrom, said mounting arms being slidably received within said support tubes to support said mirror head on said support base and provide selective adjustable movement of said mirror head toward and away from said support base, and at least one of said mounting arms having a releasable holding device carried thereby internally of the said support tube in which it is received to releasably hold said mounting arms in a desired adjusted position against longitudinal movement relative to said support tubes.
- 18. In a rear view mirror assembly, a support base having an elongated tubular support arm extending outwardly therefrom, a mirror head having an elongated mounting arm extending outwardly therefrom, said mounting arm being slidably received in said support arm to support said mirror head on said support base and provide selective adjustment of said mirror head toward and away from said support base, a friction device carried by said support arm internally of said support arm, said friction device having an outer friction surface and said support arm having an inner surface engaged by said friction surface, and said friction device being yieldably biased in a direction to engage said friction surface with said inner surface of said support arm to releasably hold said mounting arm in a desired adjusted position against longitudinal movement relative to said support arm.
- 26. A telescoping trailer tow mirror assembly having a support base and a mirror head, cooperating telescoping mounting and support tubes extending between said support base and said mirror head for supporting said mirror head on said support base and for providing adjustable movement of said mirror head toward and away from said base, and a releasable holding device internally of said tubes for releasably holding said tubes against movement relative to one another.
- 32. In a vehicle rear view mirror assembly including a support base having a pair of vertically-spaced parallel mirror support arms extending outwardly therefrom, said support arms being attached to said support base by hinged connections for rotation about a vertical axis, each of said support arms having a detent adjacent to said hinged connections, and a yieldable element releasably received in each of said detents for releasably holding said support arms against rotation relative to said support base.
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