User-centric solar visor for vehicles

In a solar visor of the type comprising a visor panel and an adjustable means for attaching said solar visor to a vehicle while allowing for limited positioning of said visor panel, the improvement wherein said adjustable means is designed and configured to enable virtually unlimited positioning of said visor panel in a roughly orbital path centric about the user, whereby said adjustable means permits the operator to position said visor as required to successfully intercept hazardous, nuisance light without excessively blocking viewing angles and without requiring potentially dangerous user movements such as ducking, leaning, excessive force and two-handed manipulation.

A method of protecting vehicle operators and passengers from the dangerous effects of direct and indirect sunlight and glare, comprising:

• a. a visor panel of the minimum size necessary to block problematic light such as direct sunlight and glare without unnecessarily impairing the user's general field of view, and
• b. an adjustable linkage for attaching said visor panel to a vehicle while enabling the positioning of said visor panel in a substantially orbital path centric about the user,
• whereby said adjustable linkage permits an operator to position said visor panel into all positions required to successfully intercept hazardous, nuisance light without excessively blocking viewing angles and without requiring potentially dangerous user movements such as ducking, leaning, excessive force and two-handed manipulation.