Auxiliary external rear view mirror set for a motor vehicle

Claim 1

In an auxiliary external rear view mirror set of a motor vehicle, comprising a substantially smooth base mirror, a comparatively smaller auxiliary convex mirror having a convex front face and mounted on a reflective portion of said base mirror which is comparatively smaller than the remaining reflective portion of said base mirror, and means for mounting said auxiliary convex mirror on said base mirror, the improvement wherein said means for mounting said auxiliary convex mirror on said base mirror comprises a support plate fixedly mounted on said base mirror, said support plate having a front face and a central bar projecting from said front face, said central bar having a spherical head, said support plate also having at least one stop piece attached to said front face spaced from said central bar; an adhesive means for mounting said support plate on said base mirror; and a tilting plate having a front side and a rear side, said smaller auxiliary convex mirror being attached to said front side of said tilting plate by another adhesive means and said tilting plate having a central cylindrical projecting member with a cavity on a rear side thereof, said cavity being dimensioned so that said spherical head fits in said cavity, and said tilting plate also having at least one offset member spaced from said central cylindrical projecting member and positioned to be engagable by said stop piece of said support plate; said stop piece, said spherical head and said projecting member being structured so that said smaller convex auxiliary mirror and said tilting plate is tiltable to an extend limited by engagement of said stop piece on said offset member.