Pivotable sun visor attachment
OwnerCraig A. Vandagriffinventor
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Abstract
A sun visor attachment adapted to be secured to a preexisting sun visor is disclosed. A main body portion of the attachment having laterally and vertically extendable panels is secured to the preexisting sun visor. A wing body portion is connected by a multi-axis pivot to the main body portion and is swung away from a closed position adjacent the main portion to an open position, including discrete rotations from the vertical. The wing body portion also has vertically and laterally extendable panels and, in addition, has a support assembly for maintaining the wing body portion in its open position.
Claims4
A sun visor attachment adapted to be secured to a preexisting sun visor of a vehicle, said sun visor attachment (10) comprising:
- a main body portion (17) having attachment means for removably securing said main body portion (17) to said preexisting sun visor, and having a plurality of generally planar extendable panels (25, 28) sandwiched therewithin and movable with respect to one another;
- multi-axis pivoting means (41) mounted to said main body portion (17) at a corner thereof;
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- a wing body portion (18) connected to said main body portion (17) by said pivoting means (41) to allow said wing body portion (18) to be swung from a closed position adjacent said main body portion (17) to an open position away from said main body portion (17), said wing body portion (18) having support means for stably maintaining said wing body portion (18) in said open position, and having a plurality of generally planar extendable panels (25', 28') sandwiched therewithin and movable with respect to one another, said pivoting means (41) comprising:
- a pivot block (57a) having a radially toothed engaging surface (59) formed in a lower end of a vertical surface thereof;
- a discrete rotator member (55a) having a pivot block anchor (47a) and a rotator toothed surface movably mating with said pivot block radially toothed engaging surface (59);
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- a right angle hinge pin (54a) having a vertical leg (69) disposed longitudinally adjacent said main body portion (17) and turnably held within a hinge pin receiver anchoring member (29a) projecting therefrom, said anchoring member (29a) fixedly mounted within said main body portion (17) and said right angle hinge pin (54a) having a horizontal leg (70) turnably held within said pivot block (57).
A sun visor attachment adapted to be secured to a preexisting sun visor of a vehicle, said sun visor attachment (10) comprising:
- a main body portion (17) having attachment means for removably securing said main body portion (17) to said preexisting sun visor, and having a plurality of generally planar extendable panels (25, 28) sandwiched therewithin and movable with respect to one another;
- multi-axis pivoting means (41) mounted to said main body portion (17) at a corner thereof;
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- a wing body portion (18) connected to said main body portion (17) by said pivoting means (41) to allow said wing body portion (18) to be swung from a closed position adjacent said main body portion (17) to an open position away from said main body portion (17), said wing body portion (18) having support means for stably maintaining said wing body portion (18) in said open position, and having a plurality of generally planar extendable panels (25', 28') sandwiched therewithin and movable with respect to one another, said wing body portion support means further comprising:
- a slider race (50) disposed along a horizontal edge (49) of said wing body portion (18) opposite said pivoting means (41);
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- a slide shaft assembly (48) including a carriage (51) slidably mounted on said slider race (50), said carriage (51) rotatably receiving a slider shaft (20) therein having parallel struts (22) perpendicular to said shaft, defining a shaft neck (21) therebetween, said struts (22) supporting a roller pin (19) between extreme ends thereof.
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