Vehicle accessory assembly with sliding door for mounting on a visor or other interior panel

A vehicle accessory assembly adapted for mounting on an interior vehicle panel, said accessory assembly comprising:

• an accessory device interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel at a generally fixed location thereon;
• an accessory door interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel for slidable lateral movement relative to said accessory device generally parallel to the interior vehicle panel between a closed position wherein said accessory device is substantially covered and an open position wherein said accessory device is substantially exposed;
• and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said accessory assembly with a vehicle electrical power source, said accessory device including at least one electrically energizable light source electrically interconnected with said power supply means, said light source being located at a first location on said accessory device, and light-conducting means for conducting light from said light source to a second location on said accessory device away from said first location in order to illuminate said accessory device at said second location, and said light-conducting means including an accessory frame extending away from said light source along at least a substantial portion of the periphery of said accessory device generally from said first location to said second location, said accessory frame being composed of a light-conducting material that is at least semi-transparent in order to illuminate said accessory device at said second location.

A vehicle accessory assembly adapted for mounting on an interior vehicle panel, said accessory assembly comprising:

• an accessory device interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel at a generally fixed location thereon;
• an accessory door interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel for slidable lateral movement relative to said accessory device generally parallel to the interior vehicle panel between a closed position wherein said accessory device is substantially covered and an open position wherein said accessory device is substantially exposed;
• and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said accessory assembly with a vehicle electrical power source, said accessory device including at least one electrically energizable light source electrically interconnected with said power supply means, said light source being located at a first location on said accessory device, and light-conducting means for conducting light from said light source to a second location on said accessory device away from said first location in order to illuminate said accessory device at said second location, and said light source including an electrically energizable lamp and a light lens substantially covering said lamp, said lamp and said lens being located at said first location generally at one side of said accessory device, said light-conducting means including a light-conducting member extending away from said lamp and said lens to said second location on said accessory device in order to illuminate said accessory device at said second location.

A vanity assembly adapted for mounting on a vehicle visor that is movable between a first visor position and a second visor position, said vanity assembly comprising:

• a vanity device including at least a vanity mirror interconnectable with the vehicle visor at a generally fixed location thereon;
• a vanity door interconnectable with the vehicle visor for slidable lateral movement relative to said vanity device generally parallel to the vehicle visor between a closed position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially covered and an open position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially exposed;
• power supply means for electrically interconnecting said vanity assembly with a vehicle electrical power source, said vanity device including at least one electrically energizable electric component, said vanity assembly further including switch means electrically interconnected with said power supply means and said electric component for electrically energizing said electric component in response to said movement of said vanity door from said closed position to said open position;
• said vanity assembly further including disconnect means for disconnecting said vanity assembly from the vehicle electrical power source when the vehicle visor is in said first visor position;
• and a selectively operable switch override means selectively overriding said switch means and said disconnect means for selectively preventing said electrical energization of said electric component regardless of the position of said vanity door and regardless of the position of said vehicle visor;
• said electric component including a light source having an electrically energizable lamp and a light lens substantially covering said lamp, said lamp and said lens being located at said first location generally at one side of said vanity device, and said light-conducting means including a light-conducting member extending away from said lamp and said lens to said second location on said vanity device in order to illuminate said vanity device at said second location.

A vanity assembly adapted for mounting on a vehicle visor, said vanity assembly comprising:

• a vanity device including at least a vanity mirror interconnectable with the vehicle visor at a generally fixed location thereon;
• a vanity door interconnectable with the vehicle visor for slidable lateral movement relative to said vanity device generally parallel to the vehicle visor between a closed position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially covered and an open position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially exposed;
• and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said vanity assembly with a vehicle electrical power source, said vanity device including at least one electrically energizable light source electrically interconnected with said power supply means, said light source being located at a first location on said vanity device, and light-conducting means for conducting light from said light source to a second location on said vanity device away from said first location in order to illuminate said vanity device at said second location, and said light-conducting means including a vanity mirror frame extending away from said light source along at least a substantial portion of the periphery of said vanity mirror generally from said first location to said second location, said accessory frame being composed of a light-conducting material that is at least semi-transparent in order to illuminate said vanity mirror at said second location.

A vanity assembly adapted for mounting on a vehicle visor, said vanity assembly comprising:

• a vanity device including at least a vanity mirror interconnectable with the vehicle visor at a generally fixed location thereon;
• a vanity door interconnectable with the vehicle visor for slidable lateral movement relative to said vanity device generally parallel to the vehicle visor between a closed position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially covered and an open position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially exposed;
• and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said vanity assembly with a vehicle electrical power source, said vanity device including at least one electrically energizable light source electrically interconnected with said power supply means, said light source being located at a first location on said vanity device, and light-conducting means for conducting light from said light source to a second location on said vanity device away from said first location in order to illuminate said vanity device at said second location, and said light source having an electrically energizable lamp and a light lens substantially covering said lamp, said lamp and said lens being located at said first location generally at one side of said vanity device, and said vanity mirror being located at said second location generally at an opposite side of said vanity device, said light-conducting means including a light-conducting member extending away from said lamp and said lens to said second location on said vanity device in order to illuminate said vanity device at said second location.

A vanity assembly adapted for mounting on a vehicle visor, said vanity assembly comprising:

• a vanity device including at least a vanity mirror interconnectable with the vehicle visor at a generally fixed location thereon;
• a vanity door interconnectable with the vehicle visor for slidable lateral movement relative to said vanity device generally parallel to the vehicle visor between a closed position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially covered and an open position wherein said vanity mirror is substantially exposed;
• and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said vanity assembly with a vehicle electrical power source, said vanity device including at least one electrically energizable light source electrically interconnected with said power supply means, said light source being located at a location on said vanity device that is substantially covered by said vanity door regardless of the position of said vanity door, and light-conducting means for conducting light from said light source to said vanity mirror, said light-conducting means includes a vanity mirror frame composed of a light-conducting material that is at least semi-transparent, said vanity mirror frame extending along a substantial portion of the periphery of said vanity mirror in order to illuminate said vanity mirror, said vanity mirror and said vanity mirror frame being substantially exposed when said vanity door is in said open position.

A vanity assembly adapted for mounting on an interior vehicle panel, said vanity assembly comprising:

• a vanity device including a vanity mirror, at least one electrically energizable light source, a light-conducting vanity mirror frame disposed generally adjacent said light source extending along at least a substantial portion of the periphery of said vanity mirror in order to conduct light thereto from said light source, and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said vanity device with a vehicle electrical power source, said vanity device being interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel at a generally fixed location thereon;
• a vanity door interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel for slidable lateral movement relative to said vanity device generally parallel to the interior vehicle panel between a closed position wherein said vanity device is substantially covered and an open position wherein said at least a portion of said vanity device is substantially exposed;
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• switch means electrically interconnected with said power supply means and said light source for electrically energizing said light source in response to movement of said vanity door from said closed position to said open position and for de-energizing said light source in response to movement of said vanity door from said open position to said closed position.

A vanity assembly adapted for mounting on a vehicle visor interconnectable with a vehicle interior for movement between a first visor position and a second visor position, said vanity assembly comprising:

• a vanity device including a vanity mirror, at least one electrically energizable light source, a light-conducting vanity mirror frame disposed generally adjacent said light source extending along at least a substantial portion of the periphery of said vanity mirror in order to conduct light thereto from said light source, and power supply means for electrically interconnecting said vanity device with a vehicle electrical power source, said vanity device being interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel at a generally fixed location thereon;
• a vanity door interconnectable with the interior vehicle panel for slidable lateral movement relative to said vanity device generally parallel to the interior vehicle panel between a closed position wherein said vanity device is substantially covered and an open position wherein said at least a portion of said vanity device is substantially exposed;
• switch means electrically interconnected with said power supply means and said light source for electrically energizing said light source in response to movement of said vanity door from said closed position to said open position and for de-energizing said light source in response to movement of said vanity door from said open position to said closed position;
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• disconnect means for disconnecting said vanity device from the vehicle electrical power source when the vehicle visor is in said first visor position.