Remote control device

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF A CONTROLLED MEMBER SUCH AS A REAR VIEW MIRROR THROUGH A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS ABOUT A PIVOT POINT AT THE CONTROLLED ENS, COMPRISING A FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID CONTROLLED MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT SAID PIVOT POINT, AT LEAST THREE CABLES HAVING ONE GROUP OF ADJACENT ENDS SECURED TO SAID CONTROLLED MEMBER AT POINTS THEREON SUBSTANTIALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM SAID PIVOT POINT, CONTROL MEANS SPACED FROM SAID CONTROLLED MEMBER AND SECURED TO THE OTHER ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID CABLES FOR EFFECTING SELECTIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLES WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER BEING AXIALLY ADJUSTABLE BUT AFTER ADJUSTMENT REMAINING IN A FIXED POSITION, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER AND A PIVOTAL MEMBER PIVOTING ON SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER BEING ADJUSTABLE AXIALLY BUT AFTER ADJUSTMENT REMAINING IN A FIXED POSITION, SPRING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE END OF EACH OF SAID CABLES AND SECURED TO SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER TO APPLY A PRESSURE AGAINST THE REAR OF SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER TO URGE SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER FORWARDLY TOWARD THE CONTROLLED MEMBER AND TO SEAT ON SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER AND BE MAINTAINED SEATED BY REASON OF SAID SPRING MEANS.