Exterior vehicle mirror kit

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a kit for exterior vehicle mirrors, with which mirror designs for the driver side and front seat passenger side can be optionally assembled for left-hand drive and right-hand drive vehicles, the respectively produced mirror design containing a shell, a basepart which can be fixed to the vehicle and a hinge connection which permits the shell to be folded out of a locked base position, the same shell being used for all four mirror designs. In a known kit, a different base part is required for each mirror design. The invention is based on the object of reducing the number of parts required for the kit. The object is achieved according to the invention in that in a kit of the abovementioned type for the four mirror designs at most two different baseparts (5) and either an inset element (9) which can be used universally for all mirror designs in a respective different installation position is provided for the joint connection (6, 7, 8) or a plurality of differently constructed inset elements (9) are provided, it being possible by means of the inset element (9) to lock the shell (3) in relation to the basepart (5) at the protruding angle required for the respective mirror design. A preferred exemplary embodiment is illustrated in Fig. 2. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Helmut 7101 Ellhofen Hladik

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