FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT 1970
[39 OF 1970]
&
THE PATENTS RULES, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
[See section 10; rule 13] TITLE: “AN OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR (ORVM) FOR A VEHICLE”
NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT:
TATA MOTORS PASSENGER VEHICLES LIMITED of Floor 3, 4, Plot-18, Nanavati Mahalaya, Mudhana Shetty Marg, BSE, Fort, Mumbai, Mumbai City, Maharashtra, 400001 India
Nationality: Indian
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.

TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] Present disclosure, in general, relates to a field of automobiles. Particularly, but not exclusively, the present disclosure relates to an outside rear view mirror (ORVM) for a vehicle. Further embodiments of the present disclosure discloses the ORVM equipped with a visor.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
[002] Generally, vehicles such as cars and trucks are equipped with inside rearview mirrors positioned within a cabin of the vehicle and outside rearview mirrors (ORVM) positioned on side portions of the body of the vehicle. The rearview mirrors are typically used for observing objects which are at rear/side to the vehicle, to aid maneuvering operations such as lane change, reversing and the like. However, during rainy season or a rainy day, rain water droplets or dirt carried by the rainwater deposits on a mirror of the ORVM, which hamper visibility through the ORVM.
[003] Conventionally, ORVM have been equipped with heating mechanisms to get eliminate water droplets on the mirror of the ORVM. However, such heating mechanism require high cost and regular maintenance. Moreover, such heating mechanism do not prevent rainwater and the dust associated with rainwater from being deposited on the mirror portion of the ORVM’s.
[004] Present disclosure is directed to overcome one or more limitations stated above or any other limitations associated with the known arts.
[005] The drawbacks/difficulties/disadvantages/limitations of the conventional techniques explained in the background section are just for exemplary purpose and the disclosure would never limit its scope only such limitations. A person skilled in the art would understand that this disclosure and below mentioned description may also solve other problems or overcome the other drawbacks/disadvantages of the conventional arts which are not explicitly captured above.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE
[006] One or more shortcomings of the prior art are overcome by an ORVM as claimed and additional advantages are provided through configuration of the ORVM as claimed in the present disclosure. Additional features and advantages are realized through the techniques of the present

disclosure. Other embodiments and aspects of the disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered a part of the claimed disclosure.
[007] In a non-limiting embodiment, an outside rear view mirror (ORVM) for a vehicle is disclosed. The ORVM includes a casing and a mirror disposed in the casing. Further, a conduit is coupled to an inner top portion of the casing and adapted to accommodate a visor. The visor displaces between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the casing. Additionally, a shaft is disposed in the casing, adjacent to an end of the conduit and adapted to windingly receive the visor. Furthermore, a pulley is rotatably disposed at an end of the shaft and coupled to the end of the visor, where the pulley rotates about the shaft to wind and unwind the visor around the shaft in response to displacement of the visor. The configuration of the ORVM having the visor which is capable of being displaced between the retracted position and the extended position, enables in protecting the mirror from rain or dust carried by rain being deposited on the mirror, thus providing better visibility to the operator during rainy driving conditions.
[008] In an embodiment, the pulley is configured to rotate in an unwinding direction of the visor, to unwind the visor around the shaft, in response to displacement of the visor from the retracted position towards the extended position. Further the pulley is configured to rotate in a winding direction of the visor, to wind the visor around the shaft, in response to displacement of the visor from the extended position towards the retracted position.
[009] In an embodiment, the ORVM includes a first resilient member which is disposed between the shaft and the pulley. The first resilient member is adapted to bias the pulley for rotation of the pulley in the winding direction of the visor. The biasing of the pulley in the winding direction enables the visor to be retracted back into the ORVM without requirement of effort from an operator.
[010] In an embodiment, the ORVM includes a plurality of protrusions defined on an outer surface of the pulley and configured to engage with a locking member for locking and unlocking the pulley. Each of the plurality of protrusions enable the visor to be locked at different positions when displacing from the retracted position to the extended position based on requirement.

[011] In an embodiment, the locking member is pivotally disposed on an outer surface of the conduit and adapted to pivotally displace for locking and unlocking the pulley.
[012] In an embodiment, the ORVM includes a second resilient member which is disposed between the locking member and the conduit. The second resilient member is adapted to exert a bias force on the locking member to engage one of the plurality of protrusions. The second resilient member ensures that the locking member always engages with edges of the plurality protrusions and ensures that even after the locking member rides over the plurality of protrusion, the locking member returns to its original state.
[013] In an embodiment, the pulley and the locking member are configured to lock the visor at the retracted position, the extended position and an intermediate position between the retracted position and the extended position. The configuration of the ORVM having the visor actuated to the intermediate position may prevent blind spots created on the ORVM without compromising on the protection offered to the ORVM from rainwater and dirt.
[014] In another non-limiting embodiment, a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a body and an outside rear view mirror (ORVM) connected to the body. The ORVM includes a casing and a mirror disposed in the casing. Further, a conduit is coupled to an inner top portion of the casing and adapted to accommodate a visor. The visor displaces between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the casing. Additionally, a shaft is disposed in the casing, adjacent to an end of the conduit and adapted to windingly receive the visor. Furthermore, a pulley is rotatably disposed at an end of the shaft and coupled to the end of the visor, where the pulley rotates about the shaft to wind and unwind the visor around the shaft in response to displacement of the visor.
[015] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

[016] The novel features and characteristics of the disclosure are set forth in the appended claims. The disclosure itself, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives, and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying figures. One or more embodiments are now described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying figures wherein like reference numerals represent like elements and in which:
[017] Fig. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of an outside rear view mirror (ORVM) for a vehicle, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[018] Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the outside rear view mirror (ORVM) of Fig. 1.
[019] Fig. 3 illustrates a side sectional view outside rear view mirror (ORVM) of Fig. 1.
[020] Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view of the components for actuating a visor of the ORVM, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[021] Fig. 5 illustrates a perspective view of the visor and a shaft connected to the visor, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[022] Fig. 6 illustrates a schematic view of the shaft disposed adjacent to an end of a conduit, and windingly receiving the visor, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[023] Fig. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a first resilient member disposed on the shaft, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[024] Fig. 8 illustrates a schematic view of a pulley rotatably disposed at an end of the shaft and coupled to the end of the visor, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[025] Fig. 9 illustrates a perspective view of a locking member for locking and unlocking the pulley, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

[026] Fig. 10 illustrates a schematic view of a winding plate disposed on the pulley, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[027] Fig. 11 illustrates a inner perspective view of a support plate of the ORVM, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[028] Figs. 12a-12e illustrates operation of the components in the ORVM to operate the visor between the retracted position and the extended position, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
[029] The figures depict embodiments of the disclosure for purposes of illustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the system and method illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[030] The foregoing has broadly outlined the features and technical advantages of the present disclosure in order that the detailed description of the disclosure that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be described hereinafter which forms the subject of the claims of the disclosure. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, the conception and specific embodiments disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying other devices, assemblies, system, methods and processes for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that, such equivalent construction and method do not depart from the scope of the disclosure as set forth in the appended claims. The novel features which are believed to be characteristics of the disclosure, to its construction and features, together with further objects and advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, that each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description only and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the present disclosure.

[031] In the present document, the word "exemplary" is used herein to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration." Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
[032] While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail below. It should be understood, however that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure.
[033] The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusions, such that a device or a system or a method that comprises a list of components or steps does not include only those components or steps but may include other components or steps not expressly listed or inherent to such device, assembly, system or method. In other words, one or more elements in a device or an assembly or a system or a method proceeded by “comprises… a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the device or system or method.
[034] Reference will now be made to the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, same numerals have been used to refer to the same or like parts. The following paragraphs describe the present disclosure with reference to Figs. 1-12e.
[035] Figs. 1 and 2 illustrates an outside rear view mirror (ORVM) (1) for a vehicle [not shown in Figs]. In an embodiment, the vehicle may be but not limiting to a car, a sports utility vehicle (SUV), a multi utility vehicle (MUV), a light commercial vehicle (LCV), a heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) or any other type of vehicle that makes use of the ORVM (1). The vehicle may include a body and the ORVM (1) may be connected to a frontal side portions of the body and may be adapted to aid a driver or an operator of the vehicle to view rear surrounding of the vehicle. As apparent from Figs. 1 and 2, the ORVM (1) may include a casing (5). The casing (5) may be adapted to be connected to the body of the vehicle. Further, the ORVM (1) may include a mirror

(6) which may be disposed in the casing (5). In an embodiment, the casing (5) may be adapted to adjustably accommodate the mirror (6), such that an operator may adjust inclination of the mirror (6) within the casing (5) as per requirement. Furthermore, the ORVM (1) may include an actuator assembly (7) [as seen in Fig. 3] which may be disposed within the casing (5). The actuator assembly (7) may be configured to adjust the mirror (6) within the casing (5) and also may be configured to operate the ORVM (1) between an open and a closed condition relative to the body of the vehicle. Additionally, the ORVM (1) may include a casing seal (8) which may be disposed along an open edge of the casing (5). The casing seal (8) may be adapted to seal edges of the casing (5) and prevent ingress of foreign matter such as water, dirt and the like into the casing (5).
[036] Referring now to Fig. 3, the ORVM (1) may include a conduit (2) which may be coupled to an inner top portion of the casing (5). The conduit (2) may extend from an edge and along an entire length and width of the top portion of the casing (5). The conduit (2) may be adapted to accommodate a visor (4) [best seen in Fig. 5]. The visor (4) may be adapted to displace between a retracted position (RP) and an extended position (EP) relative to the casing (5). In the retracted position (RP), the visor (4) may be disposed within the conduit (2) and only an edge portion of the visor (4) may protrude out of the conduit (2) and in-turn the casing (5). Further, in the extended position (EP), the visor (4) may extend out of the casing (5) to overhang above the mirror (6). The visor (4) in the extended position (EP) protects the mirror (6) of the ORVM (1), by acting as a barrier preventing rain water, dust, dirt and other unwanted materials from being deposited on the mirror (6). In an embodiment, the visor (4) may be configured to be selectively locked at each of the retracted position (RP), the extended position (EP) and an intermediate position (IP), where the intermediate position (IP) may be any position between the retracted position (RP) and the extended position (EP). The configuration of the ORVM (1) having the visor (4) actuated to the intermediate position (IP) may prevent blind spots created on the mirror (6) without compromising on the protection offered to the ORVM (1) from rainwater and dirt. In an embodiment, the operator may selectively operate the visor (4) between the retracted position (RP), the extended position (EP) and the intermediate position (IP) based on driving conditions of the vehicle and the environmental conditions (e.g., whether there is rainfall, dust, and the like).
[037] Further, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, the ORVM (1) may include a shaft (18) which may be disposed in the casing (5). The shaft (18) may be disposed adjacent to an end of the conduit (2)

within the casing (5) and adapted to windingly receive the visor (4) [as seen in Figs. 5 and 6]. The conduit (2) may extend along an inner surface of a top portion of the casing (5). Further, the ORVM (1) may include a pulley (12) which may be rotatably disposed at an end of the shaft (18) and coupled to the end of the visor (4).
[038] In an embodiment, one pulley (12) may be disposed at one end of the shaft (18) and another pulley (12) may be disposed on another end of the shaft (18). In another embodiment, only one pulley may be disposed on the shaft (18) based on configuration of the ORVM (1). As an example, the pulley (12) may be fixed at the end of the shaft (18) through fasteners. The pulley (12) may be adapted to rotate about the shaft (18) to wind and unwind the visor (4) around the shaft (18) in response to displacement of the visor (4) between the retracted position (RP) and the extended position (EP). In an embodiment, the pulley (12) may be configured to rotate in an unwinding direction of the visor (4), to cause unwinding of the visor (4) around the shaft (18), in response to displacement of the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) towards the extended position (EP). The unwinding direction of the visor (4) may be, for example, a clockwise direction of rotation of the pulley (12). Further, the pulley (12) may be configured to rotate in a winding direction of the visor (4), to cause winding of the visor (4) around the shaft (18), in response to displacement of the visor (4) from the extended position (EP) towards the retracted position (RP). The unwinding direction of the visor (4) may be, for example, a counterclockwise direction of rotation of the pulley (12).
[039] As seen in Fig. 7, in an embodiment, the ORVM (1) may include a first resilient member (14) which may be disposed between the shaft (18) and the pulley (12). In an embodiment, the first resilient member (14) may be a torsion spring, a helical spring and the like. The first resilient member (14) may be connected to a slot (23) [as best seen in Fig. 8] defined on the pulley (12). The slot (23) may be adapted to rigidly fix the first resilient member (14) with the pulley (12). In an embodiment, the pulley (12) may be defined with a hook [not shown in Figs] to rigidly fix the resilient member (14) with the pulley (12). The first resilient member (14) may be adapted to bias the pulley (12) for rotation of the pulley (12) in the winding direction of the visor (4). That is, upon displacing the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) to the extended position (EP), the first resilient member (14) may bias the pulley (12) such that the pulley (12) may be adapted to rotate back automatically in a winding direction of the visor (4), to cause winding of the visor (4) around

the shaft (18), and displace the visor (4) from the extended position (EP) to the retracted position (RP).
[040] Referring now to Fig. 8, the ORVM (1) may include a plurality of protrusions (24) that may be defined on an outer surface of the pulley (12). The plurality of protrusions (24) may be configured to rotate along with the pulley (12). Further, the plurality of protrusions (24) may be configured to engage with a locking member (13) for locking and unlocking the pulley (12) for allowing selective rotation of the pulley (12), respectively. In an embodiment, the plurality of protrusions (24), the pulley (12) and the locking member (13) may be configured to operate in tandem to lock the visor (4) at the retracted position (RP), the extended position (EP) and the intermediate position (IP). In an embodiment, the plurality of protrusions (24) may be defined proximal to a circumferential edge of the outer surface of the pulley (12). In an illustrated embodiment, three protrusions (24) have been defined on the outer surface of the pulley (12), however the same should not be considered as a limitation as the pulley (12) may be defined with less or more than three protrusion (24) based on the number of intermediate positions (IP) in which the ORVM (1) is desired to be locked. That is, in the illustrated embodiment, three protrusions (24) provided may lock the pulley (12) at three different orientation, where each of the orientation may correspond to one of the retracted position (RP) of the visor (4), extended position (EP) of the visor (4) and the intermediate position (IP) of the visor (4). Furthermore, as best seen in Fig. 9, the plurality of protrusions (24) may be defined with a cam profile. The cam profile of the plurality of protrusions (24) may facilitate engagement of the locking member (13) with an end of each of the plurality of protrusion (24) to lock the pulley (12). Further, the locking member (13) may ride over the cam profile of the plurality of protrusions (24) at required condition to allow rotation of the pulley (12).
[041] Referring now to Fig. 9, the locking member (13) may be pivotally disposed on an outer surface of the conduit (2) and may be configured to pivotally displace for locking and unlocking the pulley (12). The locking member (13) may be pivotally fixed to the outer surface of the conduit (2) through a locking member support (22). In an embodiment, the locking member (13) may include a body which may be defined with an elongated profile. The body may be defined with a pivot point (20) at which the locking member support (22) is fixed to facilitate pivotal displacement of the locking member (13). Further, the body may be defined with a first end (19) and a second

end (21), opposite to the first end (19).The second end (21) may be defined with a pointed edge, which may be configured to selectively engage with the plurality of protrusions (24) to lock rotation of the pulley (12) or ride over the cam profile of the plurality of protrusions (24) to allow rotation of the pulley (12). In an embodiment, the first end (19) of the body of the locking member (13) may be coupled to the outer surface of the conduit (2) through a second resilient member (15). The second resilient member (15) may be including but not limited to a helical compression spring, helical expansion spring and the like. The second resilient member (15) which may be disposed between the locking member (13) and the conduit (2) may be adapted to exert a bias force on the locking member (13) to engage with one of the plurality of protrusions (24) for locking the pulley (12) at the required rotational position so that the visor may be displaced and positioned at the required position.
[042] Turning now to Fig. 10, the ORVM (1) may include a winding plate (11) which may be fixed to the outer surface of the pulley (12). The winding plate (11) may be defined with a plurality of grooves (16). The winding plate (11) may be adapted to rotate along with the pulley (12) in the winding direction and the unwinding direction of the pulley (12). Furthermore, the ORVM (1) may include a support plate (9) [as seen in Figs. 4 and 11] which may be fixed to the outer surface of the conduit (2). The support plate (9) may be defined with a first provision (17) which may be configured to be fixed to the outer surface of the conduit (2). Additionally, the support plate (9) may be defined with a second provision (25) to receive the shaft (18) and support the shaft (18) within the casing (5) of the ORVM (1). In an embodiment, the support plate (9) may be fixed at either ends of the outer surface of the conduit (2) and configured to support either ends of the shaft (18). Further, the pulley (12) along with the winding plate (11) which may be disposed on the shaft (18) may be positioned proximal to the support plate (9). Referring again to Fig. 11, inner surface of the support plate (9) may be defined with one or more plungers (10) which may be adapted to engage with each of the plurality of grooves (16) defined on the winding plate (11). During operation of the pulley (12) in the winding direction or the unwinding direction, the one or more plungers (10) defined on the support plate (9) may engage and subsequently disengage with each of the plurality of grooved of the winding plate (11) to provide a feedback to the operator when the operate operates the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) to the extended position (EP).

[043] It should be noted that in an exemplary embodiment, as seen in the Figs. 1-11 the features, construction, position and connections should not be construed as a limitation as the ORVM (1) may include any other type of features, construction, position, and connections which may work with other combinations for operating the visor (4).
[044] Figs. 12a-12e illustrates an operational embodiment of the ORVM (1). Fig. 12a, illustrates the retracted position (RP) of the visor (4), where the locking member (13) may be in contact with a trailing edge (TE) of a first protrusion (24a) of the plurality of protrusions (24). In the retracted position (RP) the first resilient member (14) may be in an unloaded state such that, the pulley (12) may not be rotates in the unwinding direction. Further, as the operator operates the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) towards the extended position (EP), the pulley (12) may start to rotate in the unwinding direction, such as in clockwise direction, and the first protrusion (24a) displaces away from the locking member (13), such that a second protrusion (24b) displaces proximal to the locking member (13) [as seen in Fig. 12b].
[045] During operation of the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) towards the extended position (EP), the pulley (12) may rotate against the biasing force of the first resilient member (14) which provides resistive feedback in the visor (4) which may be experienced by the operator. Upon rotation of the pulley (12) in the unwinding direction, a leading edge (LE) of the second protrusion (24b) may come in contact with the locking member (13) [as seen in Fig. 12c]. Such contact between the locking member (13) and the leading edge (LE) of the second protrusion (24b) may provide a resistance force to the operator during displacement of the visor (4). The operator upon overcoming such resistance, the locking member (13) pivots against the biasing force of the second resilient member (15) and rides over the cam profile of the second protrusion (24b) [as seen in Fig. 12d]. After riding over the second protrusion (24b), the locking member (13) may pivot back to the original state due to biasing force of the second resilient member (15). Upon attaining the original state, the locking member (13) may contact the trailing edge (TE) of the second protrusion (24b) thereby restricting rotation of the pulley (12) in the winding direction. Such rotational restriction achieved by the second protrusion (24b) locks the visor (4) in the intermediate position (IP). Furthermore, upon extending the visor (4) further towards the extended position (EP) the same operation may be repeated to engage the locking member (13) at the trailing edge (TE) of a third protrusion (24c), thereby locking the visor (4) at the extended position (EP).

[046] In an embodiment, to retract the visor (4) back from the intermediate position (IP) or from the extended position (EP) [for easy reference intermediate position (IP) may be considered] back to the retracted position (RP), the operator may pull the visor (4) beyond the extended position (EP) and may release the visor (4). The sudden movement of the visor (4) beyond the intermediate position (IP) and free displacement of the visor (4) towards the retracted position (RP), enables the biasing force of the first resilient member (14) to rotate the pulley (12) in the winding direction which may overcome the biasing force of the second resilient member (15) on the locking member (13), which results to pivoting of the locking member (13) to ride over the cam profile of the second protrusion (24b) from the trailing edge (TE) towards the leading edge (LE). Further, as the locking member (13) does not experience any restriction upon riding over the cam profile in the winding direction of the pulley (12), such rotation of the pulley (12) continues until the visor (4) reaches the retracted position (RP) [as seen in Fig. 12a].
[047] In an embodiment, the configuration of the ORVM (1) having the visor (4) prevents rainwater and other unwanted particles to be deposited on the mirror (6) when the visor (4) positioned in the extended position (EP). Additionally, the configuration of the ORVM (1) having the pulley (12), the plurality of protrusions (24) and the locking member (13), enables the operator to easily operate and lock the visor (4) at each of the extended position (EP), the intermediate position (IP) and the retracted position (RP). Furthermore, the ORVM (1) is simple in construction and easy to use. The simple construction mitigates requirement of regular maintenance and can easily be operated by an unskilled operator. Additionally, the visor (4) and all the components required to operate the visor can be easily retrofittable to existing ORVM’s.
[048] It should be imperative that the ORVM and any other elements described in the above detailed description should not be considered as a limitation with respect to the figures. Rather, variation to such construction and method should be considered within the scope of the detailed description.
Equivalents:
[049] With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the

plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The various singular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.
[050] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would Understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within

the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”
[051] In addition, where features or aspects of the disclosure are described in terms of Markush groups, those skilled in the art will recognize that the disclosure is also thereby described in terms of any individual member or subgroup of members of the Markush group.
[052] While various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, other aspects and embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The various aspects and embodiments disclosed herein are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope.

Referral Numerals:

Reference Number Description
1 ORVM
2 Conduit
4 Visor
5 Casing
6 Mirror
7 Actuator assembly
8 Casing seal
9 Support plate
10 Plunger
11 Winding plate
12 Pulley
13 Locking member
14 First resilient member
15 Second resilient member
16 Grooves of winding plate
17 First provision
18 Shaft
19 First end of locking member
20 Pivot point of locking member
21 Second end of locking member
22 Locking member support
23 Slot
24 Protrusion
24a First protrusion
24b Second protrusion
24c Third protrusion
25 Second provision

RP Retracted position
EP Extended position
IP Intermediate position
LE Leading edge
TE Trailing edge

We Claim:
1. An outside rear view mirror (ORVM) (1) for a vehicle, comprising:
a casing (5);
a mirror (6) disposed in the casing (5);
a conduit (2) coupled to an inner top portion of the casing (5) and adapted to accommodate a visor (4), wherein the visor (4) displaces between a retracted position (RP) and an extended position (EP) relative to the casing (5);
a shaft (18) disposed in the casing (5), adjacent to an end of the conduit (2) and adapted to windingly receive the visor (4); and
a pulley (12) rotatably disposed at an end of the shaft (18) and coupled to the end of the visor (4), wherein the pulley (12) rotates about the shaft (18) to wind and unwind the visor (4) around the shaft (18) in response to displacement of the visor (4) between the retracted position (RP) and the extended position (EP).
2. The ORVM (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pulley (12) is configured to rotate in an unwinding direction of the visor (4), to cause unwinding of the visor (4) around the shaft (18), in response to displacement of the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) towards the extended position (EP) and is configured to rotate in a winding direction of the visor (4), to cause winding of the visor (4) around the shaft (18), in response to displacement of the visor (4) from the extended position (EP) towards the retracted position (RP).
3. The ORVM (1) as claimed in claim 2, comprising a first resilient member (14) disposed between the shaft (18) and the pulley (12), wherein the first resilient member (14) is adapted to bias the pulley (12) for rotation of the pulley (12) in the winding direction of the visor (4).
4. The ORVM (1) as claimed in claim 1, comprising a plurality of protrusions (24) defined on an outer surface of the pulley (12) and configured to engage with a locking member (13) for locking and unlocking the pulley (12).

5. The ORVM (1) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the locking member (13) is pivotally disposed on an outer surface of the conduit (2) and adapted to pivotally displace for locking and unlocking the pulley (12).
6. The ORVM (1) as claimed in claim 5, comprising a second resilient member (15) disposed between the locking member (13) and the conduit (2), wherein the second resilient member (15) is adapted to exert a bias force on the locking member (13) to engage one of the plurality of protrusions (24).
7. The ORVM (1) (1) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the pulley (12) and the locking member (13) are configured to lock the visor (4) at the retracted position (RP), the extended position (EP) and an intermediate position (IP) between the retracted position (RP) and the extended position (EP).
8. A vehicle, comprising,
a body;
an outside rear view mirror (ORVM) (1) connected to the body, the ORVM (1) comprising:
a casing (5);
a mirror (6) disposed in the casing (5);
a conduit (2) coupled to an inner top portion of the casing (5) and adapted to accommodate a visor (4), wherein the visor (4) displaces between a retracted position (RP) and an extended position (EP) relative to the casing (5);
a shaft (18) disposed in the casing (5), adjacent to an end of the conduit (2) and adapted to windingly receive the visor (4); and
a pulley (12) rotatably disposed at an end of the shaft (18) and coupled to the end of the visor (4), wherein the pulley (12) rotates about the shaft (18) to wind and unwind the visor (4) around the shaft (18) in response to displacement of the visor (4) between the retracted position (RP) and the extended position (EP).

9. The vehicle as claimed in claim 9, wherein the pulley (12) is configured to rotate in an unwinding direction of the visor (4), to cause unwinding of the visor (4) around the shaft (18), in response to displacement of the visor (4) from the retracted position (RP) towards the extended position (EP) and is configured to rotate in a winding direction of the visor (4), to cause winding of the visor (4) around the shaft (18), in response to displacement of the visor (4) from the extended position (EP) towards the retracted position (RP).
10. The vehicle as claimed in claim 9, comprising a plurality of protrusions (24) defined on an outer surface of the pulley (12) and configured to engage with a locking member (13) for locking and unlocking the pulley (12).
11. The vehicle as claimed in claim 11, wherein the locking member (13) is pivotally disposed on an outer surface of the conduit (2) and adapted to pivotally displace for locking and unlocking the pulley (12).