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An exterior rearview mirror assembly is provided for use on a vehicle which includes a rearview mirror and a wiper assembly. The wiper assembly includes a wiper arm base located behind the mirror assembly extending over the top of the mirror to attach to a resilient wiper arm having a wiper blade. T

An exterior rearview mirror assembly is provided for use on a vehicle which includes a rearview mirror and a wiper assembly. The wiper assembly includes a wiper arm base located behind the mirror assembly extending over the top of the mirror to attach to a resilient wiper arm having a wiper blade. The wiper blade is shaped or sectioned to substantially mate with mirrors having multiple surfaces or surface combined flat/convex mirrors. The wiper arm base is attached to a bi-directional driver system which causes the wiper arm base to laterally transverse across the mirror assembly, which in turn drives the wiper blade across the mirror. The bi-directional driver system preferably includes a uni-directional belt system, about two pulleys, connected to the wiper arm base with a unique linkage to allow the base to traverse back and forth as the belt is driven about the pulleys. In another embodiment a bi-directional system is utilized where the direction is changed by a centrally located switch activated by the traveling wiper.

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1. An exterior rearview mirror assembly for use on a vehicle, comprising, in combination:a rearview mirror having at least one flat reflective surface and at least one convex reflective surface; a wiper assembly attached to said rearview mirror having a wiper arm base located substantially behind sa

1. An exterior rearview mirror assembly for use on a vehicle, comprising, in combination:a rearview mirror having at least one flat reflective surface and at least one convex reflective surface; a wiper assembly attached to said rearview mirror having a wiper arm base located substantially behind said mirror and extending over a top edge of said mirror to engage a top edge of a substantially resilient wiper arm; a shaped flexible blade disposed along the length of said wiper arm base, said shaped blade being sectionally cut to allow said wiper blade to substantially mate with both said flat surface and said convex surface; and, a drive means, wherein said wiper arm base is attached to said drive means for bi-directionally driving said wiper blade across said reflective surfaces.