Mounting for adjustable rearview mirror assembly for vehicles

Claim 1

In an assembly for use with a vehicle having a windshield and a frame therefor, said assembly being to support a rearview mirror for transverse adjustment throughout substantially the entire width of the vehicle, and said assembly comprising an elongated bar having a length sufficient to extend throughout substantially the entire width of the windshield, said bar being longitudinally curved to conform generally to the curvature of the upper extent of said windshield frame, a guide element having means for adjustably carrying a rearview mirror, said guide element being mounted on said bar for sliding movement throughout substantially the entire longitudinal extent thereof, and means carried by said guide element and cooperating with said bar for fixing said guide element to said bar in any adjusted position along the longitudinal extent thereof, the improvement wherein said elongated bar comprises an elongated strip disposed along the side opposite the windshield of the vehicle and along the longitudinal length of the strip and having two parallel legs at right angles to said strip and turned inwardly toward each other to form a slot consisting of two inwardly facing channels along substantially The entire longitudinal length of said elongated strip, said guide element including a rectangular faceplate having an arcuately shaped surface adapted to fit snugly over the parallel legs forming said slot, means located centrally on the opposite surface of said faceplate for holding said mirror and adjustable means located on both sides of said mirror holding means with portions thereof extending into said slot for adjustably sliding and fixing said faceplate along said strip.