Tool and method for mounting a coupler of a break-away rearview mirror assembly onto a vehicle-mounted base
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Aug 3, 1999
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Mar 24, 1997
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Mar 24, 1997
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A tool is disclosed for snapping a coupler of a rearview mirror assembly onto a base mounted to a vehicle. The tool includes a handle, a shaft attached to and extending outward from the handle, and a structural configuration formed on an end of the shaft opposite the handle for simultaneously engaging both the coupler of the rearview mirror assembly and the base when the coupler is initially partially engaged with the base, and for moving the coupler relative to the base in response to a levering force applied to the handle until the coupler of the rearview mirror assembly is slid into full engagement with the base. To move the coupler in this manner, the tool directly applies a levering force to an interior surface of a rear wall of the coupler in response to a directional force applied to the handle. The structural configuration at the end of the tool shaft that translates the directional force to the levering force includes a notch cut at an angle into a surface of the shaft proximate the end of the shaft, and an inclined end surface formed at this same end of the shaft. Additionally, the shaft may include a bend to permit use of the tool in confined spaces.
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