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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony Martin, Bognor Regis, GB;
Assignee:
Britax Wingard Limited, Warwick, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/182 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/182 ;
Abstract
The mirror head of a vehicle exterior mirror has a hollow cylindrical bearing which is journalled on a spigot. The spigot has radially outwardly projecting detents on its outer end which engage with a shoulder on the bearing to retain the mirror head on the spigot. Slots divide the outer end of the spigot into lobes which are resiliently bendable inwardly to allow the detents to move past the shoulder. After assembly, a cylindrical blocking element is inserted into the spigot to block inward bending movement of the lobes.