Abstract: To reliably reduce the risk of injury in the returning tilting movement of the mirror housing from a rearward tilted end position into a position of normal use a spherical cap is mounted to a pedestal for the mirror housing which covers the open space between a front edge section of the mirror housing and the pedestal when the mirror housing is tilting rearwardly. Stops are provided for ensuring safe support of the mirror housing when assuming the rearward tilted end position thereof. The stops can be removed only by an application of force to the mirror housing whereafter the mirror housing tilts from said rearward tilting end position into the position of normal use.

Abstract: Disclosed is an outside rear-view mirror for a vehicle having a mirror housing which is mounted to a pedestal such that the mirror housing may rock relative to the pedestal upon impact from the front or from the rear. Within the mirror housing means are provided for holding a mirror glass which allow pivoting of the mirror glass about anyone or both of two perpendicular pivot axes, one of which is normally upright and the other of which runs transversely to the car body to which the pedestal is fastened. An adjusting device for adjusting the position of the mirror glass includes a lever mounted to the mirror housing and adapted to rotate about axes which run parallel to the pivot axes of the mirror glass. The first arm of the lever is coupled to a handle which may be manipulated from the interior of the car.

Abstract: The invention provides an inside rear-view mirror for a car which comprises a mirror arm projecting to the interior of the car and having a base which may be mounted releasably to a supporting plate fastened to the car body or the windshield of the car. The lower free end of the arm supports a mirror housing. For suppressing any vibrations of the mirror housing caused by the running car engine, a supporting leg is provided which projects in spaced relationship to the upper base of the arm towards the windshield or the car body and is adhered thereto. Upon impact above a predetermined threshold the supporting leg may collapse.

Abstract: The fastening plate (5) of the glass support plate (9) attached to the mirror glass (9.9) is inside the exterior rear-view automobile mirror housing (3), which is shell-shaped and open on one side. This fastening plate is adjustable by means of a Cardan joint. The glass support plate is attached in an adjustable manner to the fastening plate by a clamp ring (7). For mounting the fastening plate, the clamp ring can be turned from the outside with a screwdriver or similar tool, from a position freeing the glass support plate to a position coupling the glass support plate with the fastening plate.