Sun visor for a vehicle side window

#The present invention relates to a sun visor for a side window in a vehicle.

#In order to shield the driver and the passengers from sun rays, coming in from the side, it is known to provide vehicles with supplementary sun visors, which often are transparent in order not to risk the road safety and in order to permit discovery of passing cars or obstructions.

#One problem with sun visors for side windows in vehicles is that it is difficult to find suitable fixing points for mounting them, since one wants to avoid, to the fullest extent possible, to tap new holes in the vehicle body.

#The present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which

#FIG. 1 shows a sectional view, from inside a vehicle, of a sun visor according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, and

#FIG. 2 shows the sun visor of FIG. 1 from the back.

#The sun visor 1 shown in the Figures is of a transparent type and, in the preferred embodiment, consists of a frame 2, which supports a thin material with net structure. In an alternative embodiment, not shown, the sun visor may instead consist of plexiglass disc with inked bar pattern.

#On its upper edge the sun visor 1 comprises two separate hinge sleeves 3,4. These hinge sleeves cooperate with the straight base 51 of a C-shaped clamp 5 in such a manner that the sun visor is pivoting about this base. The free ends 54,55, directed towards each other, and extending from the clamp legs 52,53 parallel to the base 51, are pivotally fixed in hinge sleeves 7,8 of a courtesy handle 6, which is fixed in the vehicle body in a conventional manner.

#In FIG. 2 the sun visor of the invention is shown from the back and with continuous lines in its position of use, shown in FIG. 1. The sun visor's position of rest is shown with dashed lines.