Cable actuated mirror tilt control

Tilt control means for an exterior "break-away" mirror assembly of a motor vehicle, having a mounting frame of shape to be secured to an exterior portion of the motor vehicle body, a mirror casing, a mirror back carrying a mirror and coupled to the casing by a tilt joint for tilting about at least a horizontal axis, and hinge means so operatively coupling the mirror casing to the mounting frames as to provide means for the mirror casing "break-away" about at least one generally vertical axis, comprising:

• control lever retention means having a surface defining a concave part-spherical socket,
• a control lever having a convex part-spherical protuberance intermediate its ends engaging in said socket and constrained by the concave socket walls for universal pivotal movement,
• rigid curved line guide surface means located radially outwardly from and uniformly spaced around said control lever, a corresponding number of retention anchors on the mirror back spaced radially from said tilt joint, and a corresponding number of flexible lines each extending from a respective retention anchor, around said line guide surface means to a said control lever end, the paths of said lines between said line guide surface means and said control lever end being substantially in a common plane containing said control lever end,
• and further rigid curved line guide surfaces which guide said lines between the mounting frame and the mirror back to extend through a zone adjacent said "break-away" axis.