Retractable rearview mirror self-locked in position for parking and in position for use with return without risk of pinching the fingers

Claim 1

A retractable rearview mirror self-locked in a position for parking and in a position of use with return without risk of pinching the fingers, comprising a base adapted to be fixed on a vehicle, a casing for holding a mirror applied, in said position of use, against said base via two pivoting members distant from each other in a front-to-rear direction, a spring tending to maintain contact between said casing and said base, as well as a mirror disposed in said casing and mobile relative thereto under the action of a a control device, wherein said retractable rearview mirror also comprises a front-to-rear tilting piece disposed near said base in said casing, articulated by means of a front pivoting member for permanent forward pivoting relative to said casing and a rear pivoting member for permanent rearward pivoting relative to said base and coupled between said front pivoting and rear pivoting members to said casing by a return spring, said casing further being connected to said base at the front by a retractable pivoting member and the rear by a sliding pivoting member located nearer said base than said rear pivoting member of said tilting piece and more to the rear than said rear pivoting member, so that, when said casing pivots from front to rear, said tilting piece pivots relative thereto, moving away from the point of attachment of said return spring in said casing and stretches said return spring more, and a locking member with elastic return mounted on said tilting piece and cooperating selectively with two locking notches in said base defining said position of use of said casing and said position for parking.