Sun visor for vehicles and method and apparatus for the manufacture thereof
AssigneeGebr. Happich GmbH
InventorsLothar Viertel, Patrick Welter, Rene Lercorvaisier, Serge Mosser, Karl-Heinz Pompino
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Abstract
A sun visor having a sun-visor body with a stiffening at or close to the edge of the sun-visor body. The sun visor body and stiffening being comprised of polypropylene particle foam, the stiffening being substantially harder and stiffer than the remaining regions of the sun-visor body. A method and an apparatus for the manufacture thereof are also disclosed.
Claims18
A sun visor for automotive vehicles having a sun-visor body of plastic foam, the sun-visor body comprising at least one stiffening, the stiffening being formed integral with the sun-visor body and both being formed from polypropylene particle foam, and the stiffening having a substantially greater hardness and stiffness than the rest of the plastic foam material of the sun-visor body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.