Shock absorbing mechanism for rearview mirror assembly of motor vehicle

Claim 1

A shock absorbing mechanism for rearview mirror assembly of a motor vehicle which mechanism arranges a mirror body to be movably supported in a horizontal direction with respect to a mounting stay mounted on the motor vehicle, comprising: a pair of rotary stays each protruding from opposite walls at an engaging portion between the mounting stay and the mirror body and rotatably connected with each other by an axial shaft, a cam plate having an index groove formed in one of the opposite walls, and a follower piece resiliently fitted into the groove provided in another one of the opposite walls, said groove of the cam plate having a central notch for a standing position and at least one side notch for an inclined position formed, respectively, in the center and in one side of the cam plate, said central and side notches forming fixed angles with each other, whereby the mirror body is returned to the standing position by the force caused through the engagement between the follower piece and the central notch for the standing position when the mirror body is moved within fixed angles centering around the standing position, while the mirror body is kept in the inclined position through the engagement of the follower piece with the side notch for the inclined position when the mirror body is moved beyond the fixed angles.