Sliding thin visor
AssigneeIrvin Automotive Products, Inc.
InventorDavid Huff
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Abstract
A sliding thin visor for a vehicle comprising a pivot rod and a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body. The visor comprises a rail extending from a surface of the first shell and a carrier slidably positioned in the visor body, wherein that carrier is engaged with the rail. The visor also may comprise a detent assembly having a generally mailbox shape attached to the carrier. The thin visor generally has a width of approximately seventeen to eighteen millimeters and allows for a clean small profile ergonomically designed visor to be arranged within a vehicle.
Claims18
A visor for a vehicle, said visor comprising:
- a pivot rod;
- a first and second shell being engageable to form a visor body;
- a rail extending from a surface of said first shell;
- a carrier slidably positioned in said visor body, said carrier engaged with said rail;
- and
- a detent assembly having a housing with a generally U-shaped trough arranged in said carrier, said detent assembly having a bottom plate, said bottom plate is generally rectangular in shape, said bottom plate having at least one tab extending from an edge thereof, said housing having at least one slot arranged in a first and second side thereof.
A visor for a vehicle, said visor comprising:
- a pivot rod;
- a first and second shell being engageable to form a visor body;
- a rail extending from a surface of said first shell;
- a carrier slidably positioned in said visor body, said carrier engaged with said rail;
- and
- a detent assembly having a housing with a generally U-shaped trough arranged in said carrier, said housing having a first notch on a first side thereof and a second notch on a second side thereof, said detent assembly having a spring arranged within said housing, said spring having a first tab extending from a first edge and a second tab extending from a second edge, said first tab is slidingly arranged in said first notch, said second tab is slidingly arranged in said second notch.
A visor for a vehicle, said visor comprising:
- a pivot rod;
- a first and second shell being engageable to form a visor body;
- a vanity secured to said visor body;
- said vanity comprising:
- a frame;
- a door pivotally connected to said frame;
- a first contact extending from said door;
- and
- a second contact arranged on one of said shells, said first contact engages said second contact when said door is in an open position, said engagement between said first contact and said second contact provides power to a light of said vanity, a first end of said second contact being arranged at an approximately forty five degree angle with respect to an inside surface of said second shell.
A visor for a vehicle, said visor comprising:
- a pivot rod;
- a first and second shell being engageable to form a visor body;
- at least one flexible button arranged from an inset surface of an orifice through an outer surface of said first shell;
- and
- a universal opener module arranged within said visor body directly underneath said orifice, said at least one flexible button interacts and interengages with said universal opener module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.