Preset mirror mount

• US 4,623,115 A
• Filed: 11/12/1985
• Issued: 11/18/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Velvac Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Velvac Incorporated
• Inventors: Brester, Robert R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US06/796,769
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: 248/479, 248/480, 248/485, 248/486, 248/487, 248/289.1, 248/291, 248/284, 248/282, 248/283, 248/278, 248/900, 248/477, 403/120, 403/121, 16/327, 16/328, 16/329
• US Class Current: 248/479
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/0617 foldable along the vehicle, e.g. in case of external force applied thereon
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/90 Movable or disengageable on impact or overload

Abstract

The rear view mirror bracket support incorporates multiple detent positions. The inverted cup-like cover has opposed pairs of grooves inside the side walls of the cover. A moving bracket has one end fixed to the cover and carries the mirror. A molded spring member having arcuate, radially flexible, spring arms engageable with the grooves is connected to a fixed bracket through a retainer. The retainer and the spring have serrations which are engageable to prevent relative rotation between the spring and the retainer when a bolt passing through the cover and the spring member and the retainer is tightened. When the bolt is loosened the spring member can be moved relative to the retainer to set the initial operative detent position. Now the moving bracket can be moved to any one of a number of additional detented positions or can be moved to any intermediate position which will not be detented.

Claims

1. A rear view mirror support having adjustable detented positions, comprising,

a fixed bracket,

a retainer non-rotatably connected to said bracket,

a movable bracket,

a cover non-rotatably connected to said movable bracket and having a depending skirt,

spring means under said cover and having a radially yieldable connection with the inside of said skirt,

means fixing said spring means relative to said retainer,

and means for disconnecting said spring means from said retainer to permit adjustment of said spring means relative to said retainer.

2. A mirror support according to claim 1 in which the inside of said skirt has a plurality of axial grooves angularly spaced about the interior of said cover,

and said spring means is engageable with any of said grooves.

3. A mirror support according to claim 2 in which said grooves are arranged in diametrically opposed pairs,

and said spring means has two diametrically opposed groove engaging members.

4. A mirror support according to claim 3 in which said means for fixing and disconnecting said spring means and said retainer comprises, drive means on said spring means, drive means on said retainer, said drive means being responsive to axial movement of both drive means towards each other to prevent relative rotation and being responsive to separation of said drive means to allow relative rotation.

5. A rear view mirror bracket support incorporating a detent position, comprising,

an inverted cup-like cover having opposed pairs of grooves inside of the side wall of said cover,

a moving bracket having an end fixed to said cover,

a spring member having radially flexible spring,

means engageable with said grooves inside the side wall of said cover and movable inwardly out of such engagement,

a fixed bracket,

a retainer mounted on said fixed bracket,

a bolt passing through said cover and said spring means and said retainer and providing a rotation axis,

means for fixing said spring member relative to said retainer,

and means for disabling said fixing means to permit movement of said spring relative to said retainer.

6. A rear view mirror support comprising,

a cover member having an inverted cup-like configuration including a depending skirt,

a plurality of diametrically opposed detent recesses spaced about the inside of said skirt,

a detent member having means biased radially into engagement with said inside of said skirt and said recesses,

a first bracket connected to said cover member,

a second bracket,

one of said brackets being stationary and the other being movable,

and means for connecting or disconnecting said detent member and said second bracket.