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US 5,130,906 AGranted
Flush mounted visor light
AssigneeLund Industries, Incorporated
InventorDavid M. Lund
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Abstract
A truck mounted visor (1) containing a plurality of illumination sources (7, 8, 9, 11, 12). The illumination sources are flush mounted within the visor leading edge (6). Each light (7, 8, 9, 11, 12) is mounted within a cavity (26), and includes a bulb (13), socket (14) and mounting bracket (15).
Claims17
A windshield visor adapted to be mounted onto a vehicle, comprising:
- a) a body member, the body member being formed so as to include a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, a leading edge surface and a trailing edge surface, the top surface and the leading edge surface intersecting to form an edge member;
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- b) at least one source of illumination, the source of illumination being mounted within the visor body member such that the source of illumination substantially conforms to adjacent surface contours of the visor body member, the source of illumination mounted to simultaneously project light from at least a portion of the edge member and adjacent portions of the leading edge surface and the top surface.
A method of providing a source of illumination for a vehicle mounted visor, comprising the steps of:
- a) integrally forming at least one recessed light housing in an edge surface of the visor such that the recessed light housing has an inner perimeter and a recessed lip adjacent to the inner perimeter;
- b) placing a source of illumination within the recessed light housing of the visor such that the light is emitted from the recessed light housing;
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- c) affixing a substantially transparent lens to the recessed lip such that the recessed light housing in the visor edge surface is substantially sealed.
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A truck mounted windshield visor, comprising:
- a) a visor body member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, a leading edge surface, and a trailing edge surface, the visor body member including a plurality of recessed portions integrally formed with the visor body member, each of the recessed portions having an inner perimeter and an adjacent recessed lip, each of the recessed portions defining a light housing for an illumination source, each of the recessed portions being formed along at least a portion of the leading edge surface;
- b) a plurality of illumination sources, at least one of said illumination sources being positioned within each of said recessed portions;
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- c) a plurality of countersunk lenses, each lens being positioned so as to cover a corresponding recessed portion containing said at least one illumination source, each lens being formed so as to substantially conform to adjacent visor surface contours.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.