US 4,902,063 A · Sliding sun visor

Abstract

A sunshade panel is mounted on a support rod by a bearing assembly which permits the sunshade to pivot about the rod and to slide axially along the rod. The bearing assembly includes a sleeve of roll formed sheet metal which encircles the rod and is rotatable thereon. The sunshade panel is mounted on a sunshade carrier which encircles the sleeve in radially spaced relation from the sleeve. A low friction slide element is interposed in the space between the carrier and the sleeve. The slide element is preferably a VELCRO-like material including a base of plastic or fabric and having a plurality of radially projecting resiliently flexible friction fingers which project to fill the radial space and enable sliding movement of the sunshade panel relative to the support rod by virtue of the frictional slip and resilient flexure of the fingers. The fingers of the slide element readily accommodate dimensional irregularities between the shape of the carrier and the sleeve.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle sun visor comprising:

support means mounted on the vehicle body,
a sunshade panel,
a sunshade carrier encircling the support means in radially spaced relation therefrom and having the sunshade panel mounted thereon,
and a low friction slide element interposed in the radial space between the carrier and the support means, said slide element including a base having a plurality of radially projecting resiliently flexible friction slippable fingers projecting to fill the radial space and enable movement of the sunshade panel relative to the support means by virtue of frictional slip and resilient flex of the fingers.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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