External hood-mounted rear view mirrors for automobiles

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A REAR VIEW MIRROR DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES COMPRISING AN ELONGATED UNITARY OPEN-ENDED TUBE TO SPAN THE HOOD PORTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRANSVERSELY, FORWARDLY OF THE WINDSHIELD, A PAIR OF RELATIVELY SHORT TUBULAR LEGS UNDERLYING SAID TUBE NEAR AND INWARDLY OF THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE TUBE AND HAVING CRADLE RECESSES IN THEIR TOPS FOR RECEIVING AND STABILIZING THE TUBE, ROD ELEMENTS RIGID WITH THE TUBE AND DEPENDING THEREFROM AND EXTENDING INSIDE OF THE TUBULAR LEGS, SUCTION CUPS UNDERLYING THE BOTTOMS OF THE LEGS AND ENGAGEABLE DIRECTLY WITH THE AUTOMOBILE HOOD AND HAVING HUB PORTIONS EXTENDING WITHIN THE TUBULAR LEGS, NUTS WITHIN SAID HUB PORTIONS AND HAVING ADJUSTABLE SCREW-THREADED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DEPENDING ROD ELEMENTS AND OPERABLE TO CLAMPINGLY SECURE SAID TUBE AND SAID SUCTION CUPS AGAINST THE ENDS OF THE LEGS, ADJUSTABLE TURNBUCKLE MEANS ON SAID TUBE OUTWARDLY OF SAID LEGS AND SUCTION CUPS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE HOOD, AND A PAIR OF REAR VIEW MIRRORS TELESCOPICALLY ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED WITH THE OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF SAID TUBE AND ADAPTED TO BE RELEASABLY LOCKED INDEPENDENTLY IN SELECTED ADJUSTED POSITIONS LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID TUBE AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE AUTOMOBILE.