Low profile visor assembly
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorNels R. Smith
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Abstract
A movable visor assembly for a vehicle including a slotted support track for attachment to a supporting surface in the vehicle. The slot in the support track includes opposed visor guide surfaces and a channel in at least one of the guide surfaces. The visor blade has an aperture near each end of one side into which an alignment member, such as a ball bearing, can be mounted. The edge of the visor blade, including the alignment member, is slidably mounted in the slot in the support track with the alignment members in the channel. The alignment members enable the visor blade to slide freely in the support track without binding, even if the support track is flexed and twisted as installed in the vehicle.
Claims14
A low profile visor for a vehicle comprising:
- a support track for attachment to a supporting pillar surface in said vehicle, said support track having a longitudinal slot in one edge thereof including opposed longitudinal guide surfaces on each side of said slot and at least one longitudinal channel in one of said guide surfaces, said longitudinal slot extending along the edge portion of a window to be covered by said visor;
- a visor blade having an aperture therein near each end of an edge thereof, said visor blade edge extending into said slot;
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- an alignment member mounted in each aperture in said visor blade, said edge of said visor blade including said alignment members being mounted in said slot in said support track with said alignment members mounted in said channel in said slot in said support track, said alignment member extending on opposite sides of said visor blade to engage said opposed guide surfaces including said at least one channel.
An A-pillar supported visor comprising:
- a visor support track for attachment to said A-pillar along and adjacent to the edge of a portion of a window to be covered, said visor support track comprising an elongated member having a longitudinal slot in a surface for alignment with the vehicle window to be adjustably covered by said visor, said slot including a pair of opposed guide surfaces and at least one channel disposed in a guide surface;
- a visor blade for covering said vehicle window, said visor blade having an aperture near each end of an edge thereof, said visor blade edge extending into said slot;
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- an alignment member positioned in each aperture in said visor blade with said alignment members extending on opposite sides of said visor blade to engage said opposed guide surfaces including said at least one channel, said visor blade including said alignment members being movably positioned in said slot in said visor support track with said alignment members positioned in said channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.