Britax Wingard Limited

Ian Boddy

Peter J Whitehead

Shaun Gurteen

An exterior rearview mirror for a motor vehicle has a housing mounted on a base member by means of a ball-and-socket joint comprising a socket formed in the base member and a convex member attached to the housing. The socket comprises the concave inner surface of a hollow part-spherical member. An arm has a concave surface formed on one end and adapted to engage with the convex outer surface of the part-spherical member. Resilient means are arranged to bias the arm towards the convex member so as to urge the concave surface on the arm against the convex outer surface of the part-spherical member and to urge the concave inner surface of the part-spherical member against the convex member, and release means on the other end of the arm are operable to reduce the friction resisting movement of the housing relative to the base member about the part-spherical member. Operation of the release means thus enables the orientation of the housing relative to the base member to be adjusted with relatively little effort.

Exterior rearview mirror for a motor vehicle

An exterior mirror for a vehicle comprises a base member adapted to be mounted on the vehicle body, first pivotal engagement means mounted on an arm secured to the base member so as to project laterally from the vehicle body, a housing for a reflective member having second pivotal engagement means, and resilient means for urging the first and second pivotal engagement means into engagement with one another so that the housing is pivotally movable relative to the base member about a first pivot axis. First abutment means on the housing and second abutment means on the base member closer to the vehicle body than the first pivot axis are so arranged that that movement of the end of the housing remote from the base member in a predetermined direction causes angular movement about the first pivot axis, bringing the first abutment means into engagement with the second abutment means, continued movement of the end of the housing remote from the base member in said predetermined direction causing angular movement of the housing about a second pivot axis coincident with the point of engagement of said abutment means and resulting in mutual disengagement of the first and second pivotal engagement means. The resilient means is coupled to said point on the base member by a link which is pivotally attached to the base member at said point, the link being movable between a first position in which the line of action of the spring pulls the housing towards its position of normal use and a second position in which the spring pulls the housing towards the body of the vehicle.

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Bognor Regis, United Kingdom

Ian Boddy