Tensioning means for universal remote control structure

Claim 1

A REMOTE CONTROL MECHANISM FOR CONTROL OVER REARVIEW MIRRORS AND LIKE ACCESSORIES COMPRISING: (A) AN ACCESSORY ELEMENT; (B) A UNIVERSAL JOINT COMPRISING ONE FIXED AND ONE MOVABLE ELEMENT, SAID ACCESSORY ELEMENT SECURED TO SAID MOVABLE OF SAID UNIVERSAL ELEMENTS; (C) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE TENSION TRANSMITTING MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID ACCESSORY ELEMENT; (D) AN ACTUATOR ELEMENT REMOTE FROM SAID ACCESSORY ELEMENT, SAID ACTUATOR ELEMENT INCLUDING A SECOND UNIVERSAL JOINT HAVING ONE FIXED MEMBER AND ONE MATING MOVABLE MEMBER; (E) A GRIPPER SECURED TO SAID MOVABLE MEMBER FOR UNIVERSAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND CONNECTED TO SAID ELONGATE TENSION TRANSMITTING MEMBERS; (F) A THREADED ROD-LIKE EXTENSION OF SAID GRIPPER MEMBER AXIALLY THROUGH SAID MOVABLE MEMBER OF SAID SECOND UNIVERSAL JOINT; (G) A KEY ELEMENT RESTRAINING SAID THREADED EXTENSION AGAINST AXIAL ROTATION IN SAID MOVABLE MEMBER OF SAID SECOND UNIVERSAL JOINT; AND, (H) A KNOB ELEMENT THREADABLY ENGAGING SAID THREADED EXTENSION AND THEREBY AXIALLY MOVING SAID GRIPPER TO APPLY SIMULTANEOUS SELECTED TENSION TO SAID ELONGATE TENSION TRANSMITTING MEMBERS.