An exterior visor for use with automotive vehicles of the type having a roof and a windshield bounded on three sides by left and right side frame members and the leading edge of the vehicle roof, said exterior visor comprising, in combination:
- (a) a generally flat, horizontal, transversely extending visor member having a top surface and a bottom surface, said visor member including:
- (i) an integral, transversely extending, depending, vertically oriented front edge member;
- (ii) an integral, transversely extending, discontinuous, depending, substantially vertically oriented rear edge member having respective discontinuous transversely spaced lowermost edges;
- (iii) a pair of integral, longitudinally extending, depending, vertically oriented side members at opposite ends of said visor member, each of said side members having a bottom edge with a rearmost end shaped to generally conform to the leading edge of the vehicle roof and to one of the side frame members bounding the windshield of the vehicle to which said exterior visor is attached;
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- (iv) a rearwardly extending, generally horizontally disposed, first mounting flange integral with and extending rearwardly from each of said lowermost edges of said transversely extending, discontinuous, depending, substantially vertically oriented rear edge member for permitting anchoring of said exterior visor to the roof of an automotive vehicle;
- (b) said visor member having a plurality of transversely space, recessed air cavities formed therein intermediate said front and rear edge members, each of said air cavities being hidden from view by said front edge and side members, respectively, from the side and front of said exterior visor when mounted on a vehicle, each of said recessed air cavities being defined by:
- (i) a depending, transversely extending, vertically oriented midwall having a lowermost edge, opposed ends, and a vertical dimension equal to the vertical distance between said top surface of said visor member and said lowermost edge of said midwall, said midwall being integral with said visor member and located forward of said rear edge member and aft of said front edge member;
- (ii) a pair of transversely spaced, axially extending, vertically oriented, depending side walls each having a forward end and each being integral with said visor member and integrally attached at said forward end of each of said side walls to respective ones of said opposed ends of said midwall;
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- (iii) a rearwardly extending floor member integral with the lowermost edges of said transversely extending midwall and said pair of axially extending side walls, each of said floor members defining a transversely extending second mounting flange for permitting anchoring of said exterior visor to the vehicle roof of an automotive vehicle at points intermediate said rearwardly extending, generally horizontally disposed, first mounting flanges, and wherein said first and second mounting flanges are adapted to be mounted in flush face-to-face engagement with the vehicle roof across said transversely extending visor member;
- (c) through aperture defining means formed in each of said midwalls for permitting air movement therethrough and thus precluding pressure buildup beneath said exterior visor;
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- (d) means for mounting said exterior visor to an automotive vehicle so that said visor member extends forward from the vehicle above the windshield thereof and in such a manner that each of said midwalls extends outwardly and upwardly from the windshield at an angle therewith.