Adjustable rear vision mirror

Claim 1

A REAR VISION MIRROR FOR AUTOMOBILES OR THE LIKE COMPRISING (A) A CENTRAL MIRROR PANEL ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN A STATIONARY POSITION ON AN AUTOMOBILE, (B) TWO FURTHER MIRROR PANELS HINGED, RESPECTIVELY, TO OPPOSITE ENDS, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID CENTRAL PANEL TO PIVOT RELATIVE TO SAID CENTRAL PANEL ABOUT PARALLEL HINGE AXES, (C) A MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE REAR OF SAID CENTRAL PANEL TO ROTATE ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID HINGE AXES, (D) FIRST AND SECOND PIVOT PINS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO AND RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER AND CARRIED BY SAID MEMBER FOR ROTATION THEREBY ABOUT ITS AXIS OF ROTATION, (E) FIRST AND SECOND MEANS CONNECTING, RESPECTIVELY, ONE OF SAID PINS TO ONE OF SAID FURTHER PANELS, AND THE OTHER OF SAID PINS TO THE OTHER OF SAID FURTHER PANELS, AND (F) A MOTOR MOUNTED ON THE REAR OF SAID CENTRAL PANEL AND CONNECTED TO SAID MEMBER TO ROTATE SAID MEMBER AND THE PINS CARRIED THEREBY, (G) SAID PINS UPON THE ROTATION THEREOF BEING OPERATIVE THROUGH SAID CONNECTING MEANS TO IMPART OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT TO SAID FURTHER PANELS RELATIVE TO SAID CENTRAL PANEL, (H) SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTING MEANS BEING ADJUSTABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER TO CONTROL THE EXTENT TO WHICH SAID FURTHER PANELS OSCILLATE, AND EACH OF SAID CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING, (I) A BRACKET SECURED TO THE REAR OF ONE OF SAID FURTHER PANELS, (J) SAID BRACKET HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES THERETHROUGH THE CENTERLINES OF WHICH EXTEND PARALLEL TO AND ARE RADIALLY SPACED DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM THE ADJACENT HINGE AXIS, (K) A FIRST LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO ONE OF SAID PINS, (L) A SECOND LEVER PIVOTALLY AND REMOVABLY ENGAGED AT ONE END IN ONE OF SAID HOLES IN SAID BRACKET, AND ENGAGEABLE IN ANOTHER OF SAID HOLES TO ADJUST THE EXTENT OF THE OSCILLATION OF SAID ONE FURTHER PANEL, AND (M) RELEASABLE LOCKING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LEVERS, (N) SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING MOVABLE TO LOCKING POSITION TO FIX SAID OPPOSITE LEVER ENDS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER DURING OSCILLATION OF SAID ONE FURTHER PANEL, AND MOVABLE TO A RELEASED POSITION TO PERMIT RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID OPPOSITE ENDS THEREBY TO INTERRUPT THE OSCILLATION OF THE LAST-NAMED PANEL, AND (O) FIRST AND SECOND MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY FIXING EACH OF SAID FURTHER PANELS, RESPECTIVELY, AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL PANEL, WHEN THE CORRESPONDING RELEASABLE LOCKING MEANS IS IN RELEASED POSITION.