Control assembly for rear view mirror

Claim 1

A rear view mirror mounted externally of a vehicle operable by the driver''s foot adjacent the floorboard interiorly of the vehicle for observing the position of a passing motorist comprising: a substantially vertical standard carried externally of the vehicle supporting the mirror in an adjusted position; means for mounting said standard on said vehicle for oscillatory movement about a fixed substantially vertical axis externally of the vehicle; linkage means carried by said standard extending laterally thereof; a flexible cable connected on one end to said linkage means for moving said linkage means imparting oscillatory movement to said standard; an elongated housing carried by said vehicle adjacent the floorboard for receiving the other end of said cable; a pedal carried interiorly of said vehicle adjacent the floorboard depressible by the driver''s foot; an operator extending from said pedal into said housing engaging said other end of said cable within said housing for movement responsive to movement of the pedal; and resilient means within said housing, exerting a resilient force urging said operator in a direction against movement by the pedal; whereby the mirror may be moved from said adjusted position to a position for observing a passing motorist by depression of the pedal by the driver''s foot, and whereby the mirror will return to said adjusted position automatically responsive to said resilient means upon release of the pedal by the driver''s foot.