Visor rod mount
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorEdward R. Adams
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Abstract
A preassembled visor rod mount includes a bezel and a clamping ring rotatably movable with respect to the bezel to lock the mount in position once fitted within a socket formed in the roof. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the spaced tangs on the rotatable clamping ring include upwardly bent ends to cam the deflectable tangs over the roof edges. A pair of arcuate slots are provided through the bezel and a spanner wrench can be employed to extend through the bezel and engage apertures formed in the clamping ring for its rotation with respect to the bezel.
Claims21
A visor mount for attaching a visor to a roof member of a vehicle comprising:
- mounting means for mounting a visor rod and visor thereon to a vehicle roof, said mounting means including a bezel having a flange which abuts against the lower side of the roof and a generally cylindrical collar extending from said bezel and having a length sufficient to extend through a slotted aperture formed in the roof for receiving the end of the visor rod;
- a clamping ring and means for mounting said ring over said collar for rotation with respect to said flange and restrained from axial movement away from said flange, said clamping ring including tang means extending outwardly therefrom for insertion into the slotted aperture formed in the roof member of a vehicle and for engaging an upper side of the roof member when rotated after insertion;
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- means for rotating said clamping ring with respect to said bezel flange to compressably clamp the roof member between said tang means and said flange for securing a visor to the vehicle.
A visor and mount for attaching the visor to a roof member of a vehicle comprising:
- a visor including a visor mounting rod extending therefrom;
- means for mounting said rod and visor thereon to the vehicle roof, said mounting means including a bezel having a flange which abuts against the lower side of the roof member and a cylindrical collar extending from said bezel and having a length sufficient to extend through a slotted aperture formed in the roof member;
- a clamping ring and means for mounting said ring over said collar for rotation with respect to said flange and restrained from axial movement away from said flange, said clamping ring including deflectable tang means extending outwardly therefrom for insertion into the slotted aperture formed in the roof member of a vehicle and for engaging an upper side of the roof member when rotated after insertion;
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- means for rotating said clamping ring with respect to said bezel flange to compressably clamp the roof member between said tang means and said flange for securing said visor to the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.