Breakaway accessory mounting for vehicles

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1993-02-25

1995-01-03

Ramirez, Ramon O.

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With component frangible or deformable on impact or overload

Support for mirror- or picture-type article

248483, 248900, F16M 1300

Patent

active

053779495

ABSTRACT:
A breakaway accessory mounting assembly for supporting rearview mirrors or other accessories on vehicles includes a coupler for installation on a base of the type secured to the inside windshield surface or another vehicle panel. The coupler has a support for mounting the rearview mirror or other accessory and a spring clamp retaining band extending around the coupler, preferably within a corresponding shaped recess, at a position spaced from and independent of the accessory support for releasably holding the coupler on the base until an impact force causes the assembly to release from the base. The spring clamp retaining band includes a pair of converging, inwardly angled, spaced spring flanges which project from the coupler to resiliently engage the base sides and allow both sliding installation and release of the assembly.

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Photographs of rearview mirror mounting structure sold by Gentex Corporation of General Motors Corporation in the United States at least since Jun. 1992.
General Motors Corporation windshield rearview mirror mounting base/button, in public use for more than one year prior to filing of the present application.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/010615, filed Jan. 28, 1993; entitled Breakaway Accessory Mounting for Vehicles, invented by Theodore M. Haan, Wayne Vandenbrink, Steven J. Forbes, and Dennis J. TenBroeke.

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