Remote control structure for rearview mirrors and the like

Claim 1

IN A REARVIEW MIRROR CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING A REFLECTIVE MEMBER AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT AROUND A FIRST PAIR OF TRANSVERSE PIVOT AXES, CONTROL MECHANISM FOR REMOTELY ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXES, COMPRISING: A PAIR OF ELONGATED FLEXIBLE ELEMENTS SECURED TO SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER AT SPACED POINTS THEREON DEFINING A LINE SPACED FROM, AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH, ONE OF SAID FIRST AXES; A BODY MEMBER SUPPORTING SAID ELEMENTS AT A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER; A MANUALLY OPERABLE ACTUATOR PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED UPON SAID BODY MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT AROUND A SECOND PAIR OF TRANSVERSE PIVOT AXES, SAID ELEMENTS BEING SECURED TO SAID ACTUATOR AT SPACED POINTS THEREON DEFINING A LINE SPACED FROM, AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH, ONE OF SAID SECOND AXES; CASING MEANS CLOSELY SURROUNDING SAID ELEMENTS AND EXTENDING FROM SAID MOUNTING STRUCTURE TO SAID BODY MEMBER; RESILIENT MEANS URGING MOVEMENT OF SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION AROUND SAID ONE AXIS OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF PIVOT AXES; SUCH MOVEMENT BEING OPPOSED BY SAID ELEMENTS; AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID RESILIENT MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ELEMENTS AND SAID CASING MEANS FOR SUBJECTING THEM TO OPPOSING LENGTHWISE STRESSES, WHEREBY OPPOSING LENGTHWISE STRESSES OCCUR BETWEEN SAID CASING MEANS AND SAID ELEMENTS SO THAT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY MEMBER EFFECTS A CORRESPONDING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID REFLECTIVE MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO THE MOUNTING STRUCTURE THEREOF.