Automobile sun visor
OwnerFred C. Whiteinventor
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Abstract
An automobile sun visor is provided with a transparent glare-reducing plate which is releasibly attached to a rod connected to the automobile. The plate releasible attaching means is in the form of clips having rearwardly facing open ends so that a forward impact on the plate will release the plate from the rod. An attachment having a transparent glare-reducing second plate is also releasibly attached to the rod in the same manner but positionable in parallel relationship to the first plate so that the viewer will see a still further substantially reduced glare. All of the securing means are releasible upon a forwardly directed impact on the plates.
Claims4
An automobile visor for reducing glare, comprising:
- a horizontally disposed elongated rod mounted above the automobile windshield,
- a transparent glare-reducing visor,
- releasible means securing the visor to the rod for providing release of the visor from the rod during a forward impact on the visor,
- said releasable securing means including a plurality of spaced curved friction clips each having an open end facing rearwardly and pressed over said rod whereby a forward impact on the visor will force open the open ends of the clips to release the visor from the rod,
- an auxiliary transparent glare reducing plate releasibly secured to said rod with the auxiliary glare reducing plate adapted to overlie said visor in parallel relationship, and
- a plurality of similar clips mounting said glare reducing plate on said rod in a similar manner whereby a forward impact on the auxiliary glare reducing plate will force open the ends of the clips and the release of the plate from said rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.