MOUNT FOR REARVIEW MIRROR
A mount for a rearview mirror includes a base having a bottom surface for adhesive attachment to a windshield glass, a top surface, opposed side surfaces with dovetail walls, and end walls. A mirror mount has dovetail engaging sidewalls that slide onto the dovetail walls of the base. A locking lever is pivotally mounted on the mirror mount and has a cam surface thereon that swings into engagement with the top surface of the base to lock the mirror mount against sliding movement on the base so that the mirror mount is thereby mounted on the base. The locking lever has a handle portion that is flush with a surface of the mirror mount when the cam surface of the locking lever engages with the top surface to provide tactile and visible feedback that the mirror has been properly mounted on the base.
1 . A mount for a rearview mirror comprising:
a base having a bottom surface for adhesive attachment to a windshield glass, a top surface, opposed side surfaces with dovetail walls, and end walls;
a mirror mount having a swivel ball on which the mirror is mounted, dovetail engaging sidewalls that slide onto the dovetail walls of the base, and a locking lever pivotally mounted on the mirror mount and having a cam surface thereon that swings into engagement of the top surface of the base to lock the mirror mount against sliding movement on the base so that the mirror mount is thereby mounted on the base.
2 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the locking lever having a handle portion that is flush with a surface of the mirror mount when the cam surface of the locking lever engages with the top surface to provide tactile and visible feedback that the mirror is properly mounted on the base.
3 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the locking lever being mounted on the mirror mount for clockwise rotation.
4 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the locking lever being mounted on the mirror mount for counterclockwise rotation.
5 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the cam surface being a rounded surface.
6 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the cam surface being a flat surface.
7 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the cam surface going over center with respect to a pivot.
8 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the locking lever having a wall that engages with an abutment wall on the base to limit the pivoting movement of the locking lever.
9 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the locking lever having an abutment that engages with the top surface of the base to limit the pivoting movement of the locking lever.
10 . The mount of claim 1 further comprising the locking lever having a handle potion that is flush with a surface of the mirror mount when the cam surface of the locking lever is engaged with the top surface to provide tactile and visible feedback that the mirror is thereby mounted on the base, and the locking lever having one of a wall, a surface, or an abutment, engaging with the base to limit the pivoting movement of the handle portion and stop the handle portion at the position flush with the surface of the mirror mount.
11 . A mount for a rearview mirror comprising:
a base having a bottom surface for adhesive attachment to a windshield glass, a top surface, opposed side surfaces with dovetail walls, and end walls;
a mirror mount having a swivel ball on which the mirror is mounted, dovetail engaging sidewalls that slide onto the dovetail walls of the base, and a locking lever pivotally mounted on the mirror mount and having a cam surface thereon that swings into engagement with the top surface of the base to lock the mirror mount against sliding movement on the base so that the mirror mount is thereby mounted on the base, and said locking lever having a handle portion that is flush with a surface of the mirror mount when the cam surface of the locking lever is engaged with the top surface to provide tactile and visible feedback that the mirror is mounted on the base.
12 . The mount of claim 11 further comprising the cam surface being a rounded surface.
13 . The mount of claim 11 further comprising the cam surface being a flat surface.
14 . The mount of claim 11 further comprising the cam surface going over center with respect to a pivot.
15 . The mount of claim 11 further comprising the locking lever having a wall that engages with an abutment on the base to limit the pivoting movement of the locking lever.
16 . The mount of claim 11 further comprising the locking lever having an abutment that engages with the top surface of the base to limit the pivoting movement of the locking lever.
17 . A mount for a rearview mirror comprising:
a base having a bottom surface for adhesive attachment to a windshield glass, a top surface, opposed side surfaces with dovetail walls, and end walls;
a mirror mount having a swivel ball on which the mirror is mounted, dovetail engaging sidewalls that slide onto the dovetail walls of the base, and a locking lever pivotally mounted on the mirror mount and having a cam surface thereon that swings into engagement of the top surface of the base to lock the mirror mount against sliding movement on the base so that the mirror mount is thereby mounted on the base, and said locking lever having a handle potion that is flush with a surface of the mirror mount when the cam surface of the locking lever is engaged with the top surface to provide tactile and visible feedback that the mirror is thereby mounted on the base, and the locking lever having one of a wall, a surface, or an abutment, engaging with the base to limit the pivoting movement of the handle portion and stop the handle portion at its position flush with the surface of the mirror mount.
18 . The mount of claim 17 further comprising the cam surface being a rounded surface.
19 . The mount of claim 17 further comprising the cam surface being a flat surface.
20 . The mount of claim 17 further comprising the cam surface going over center with respect to a pivot.