Bezel locking visor mount
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorsWalter M. Weiland, Jerry M. De Jong
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Abstract
The snap-in visor mount of the present invention employs a polymeric attachment member which includes at least one resilient spaced leg for gripping the upper surface of the sheet metal roof of the vehicle and which cooperatively is engaged by a snap-in bezel for both urging the leg of the attachment member into a locking position as well as interlocking the bezel with the attachment member.
Claims20
A visor mount for attaching a vehicle visor to the roof structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a visor pivot rod having a first end for extending within the body of a visor and a second end;
- an attachment member including a body having an aperture for receiving said second end of said pivot rod, said attachment member further including at least one resilient leg extending outwardly and downwardly in spaced relationship from said body and including means for engaging an edge and upper surface of a mounting aperture in the vehicle roof support structure;
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- a bezel extending over said pivot rod and including tab means which cooperates with said leg of said attachment member to lock said bezel to said attachment member when said bezel is installed with said tab means extending between said body and said leg for urging said leg into locking engagement with the roof structure.
A visor mount for attaching one end of a visor pivot rod to a vehicle, said mount comprising:
- an attachment member including a generally rectangular body having a pair of resiliently deflectable legs extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom for engaging the edge of a mounting aperture for said attachment member, said body further including an aperture for receiving an end of a pivot rod therein;
- means for securing a pivot rod end to said body;
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- a trim bezel for surrounding a pivot rod and including tab means extending upwardly to extend between each of said legs of said body and said body for urging said legs into locking engagement with the vehicle, said tab means interlocking with said legs of said body for holding said bezel in fixed position relative to said body.
A visor mount for attaching a vehicle visor to the roof structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a visor pivot rod having a first end for extending within the of a visor and a second end;
- an attachment member including a body having an aperture for receiving said second end of said pivot rod, said attachment member further including a pair of resilient legs extending outwardly and downwardly in spaced relationship from opposite sides of said body and including means for engaging an edge and upper surface of a mounting aperture in the vehicle roof support structure;
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- a bezel extending over said pivot rod and including tab means which cooperates with said legs of said attachment member when said bezel is installed with said tab means extending between said body and said legs for urging said legs into locking engagement with the roof structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.