Patent attributes
A side mirror 14 which improves a working efficiency for mounting. The side mirror 14 mounted on a door panel 12 of a vehicle body includes a mirror 22, an external body 24 for housing and holding the mirror 22, and a mounting base 26 for supporting the external body 24; the door panel 12 has a circular hole 30 for positioning the mounting base 26; the mounting base 26 is a cross-shaped boss 32 of which section perpendicular to an axis direction is a cross-shape, a diameter of the section being nearly equal to that of the circular hole 30, and has a cross-shaped boss 32 to be inserted into the circular hole 30 of the door panel 12; the cross-shaped boss 32 has a groove extending in a direction approximately perpendicular to the axis direction on one of four side surfaces which envelop cross-shaped four ends along the axis direction respectively, and when the cross-shaped boss is inserted into the circular hole, the side mirror is temporarily fixed on the door panel by engaging a part of the inner wall of the circular hole with the groove.
