Internal rearview mirror with an adjustable support for motor vehicles

• US 4,961,638 A
• Filed: 03/06/1989
• Issued: 10/09/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fiat Auto S.p.A.
• Original Assignee: Alfa Lancia Industriale SpA (Fiat S.p.A.)
• Inventors: D'Aquaro, Domenico, Petrelli, Luigi
• Primary Examiner(s): Arnold, Bruce Y.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/318,953
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 248/477, 248/479, 248/480, 350/631, 350/632, 350/604, 350/605, 350/637, 350/639, 350/631, 350/632
• US Class Current: 359/872
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence

Abstract

A rearview mirror located in the interior of a motor vehicle passenger compartment, the support for the mirror being adjustable telescopically be the guided movement of an inner tube within an outer tube.

Claims

1. An inner rearview mirror for a motor vehicle, said inner rearview mirror comprising a support and a mirror having a frame, said support having a pair of ends, said support being secured at one end to a fixing base and at its other end to the mirror frame, said support further consisting of an outer tube and an inner tube, one of said tubes being rigid with said fixing base and the other of said tubes being rigid with the mirror frame, said outer and inner tubes being engaged with each other by way of mutual guide and locking means, wherein said locking means consist of a locking groove and an operating lever provided with a locking pad arranged to engage the outer tube under the action of a spring.

3. A rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locking groove is provided in the outer tube to receive said pad.

4. A rearview mirror as claimed in claim 3, wherein said guide groove and said locking groove extend helically.

2. A rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1B, wherein said guide means consists of a guide groove and a projection provided in said outer and inner tubes.

5. An inner rearview mirror for a motor vehicle, said inner rearview mirror comprising a support and a mirror having a frame, said support having a pair of ends, said support being secured at one end to a fixing base and at its other end to the mirror frame, said support further consisting of an outer tube and an inner tube, one of said tubes being rigid with said fixing base and the other of said tubes being rigid with the mirror frame, said outer and inner tubes being engaged with each other by way of mutual guide and locking means, the outer and inner tubes both have curved axes.