US 6,174,019 B1 · Extruded visor control

Abstract

A slide assembly for a sliding visor includes a sleeve which is concentrically positioned around a visor pivot rod and a polymeric slide extruded in situ with between the sleeve and pivot rod and extending along at least a portion of the sleeve to provide a sliding lubricous polymeric interface between the pivot rod and sleeve. The sleeve, in turn, is mounted to the visor body with a torque control allowing controlled rotation of the visor with respect to the pivot rod. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sleeve is keyed to prevent rotation of the slide and pivot rod with respect to the sleeve, and the visor body includes stops for limiting the motion of the visor body and sleeve with respect to the fixed pivot rod mounted to the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A sliding visor assembly comprising:

a visor body;
an elongated sleeve mounted within said visor body for rotation with respect to said visor body;
an elongated visor pivot rod extending in said visor body and having a slide integrally molded thereon, said slide extending in said sleeve, said slide and sleeve keyed to one another to prevent rotation of said slide in said sleeve;
and
a torque fitting extending between said visor body and an outer surface of said sleeve for controlling the rotation of said visor body with respect to said pivot rod while said slide allows said visor body to slide along said pivot rod.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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