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US 6,203,161 B1Granted
Visor with pivoting vanity mirror assembly
AssigneePrince Corporation
InventorsDavid B. Busch, Robert C. Fitzpatrick, Rick Alan Anderson
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Abstract
A vanity mirror assembly is pivotally mounted within a recess in a visor body and pivots downwardly and rotates from side to side, thereby pivoting on generally mutually orthogonal axes to provide a high degree of adjustability for use of the vanity mirror without requiring movement of the visor. In a preferred embodiment, illumination means are provided to facilitate use of the vanity mirror in low ambient light conditions.
Claims28
A vehicle visor including a vanity mirror comprising:
- a visor body;
- a frame including a vanity mirror;
- and
- a pair of spaced-apart pivot links for coupling said frame to said visor body for movement in a first direction from a position in which said vanity mirror extends generally co-planar with said visor body for storage to a position away from said visor body and a second direction orthogonal to said first direction for adjustment of said vanity mirror to a desired use position, said links each having opposite ends;
- a pair of spaced apart pivot axes on said visor body;
- a pair of spaced apart pivot axes on said frame;
- one end of each of said links pivotally connected respectively to one of said pivot axes on said visor body;
- an opposite end of each of said links pivotally connected respectively to one of said pivot axes on said frame;
- said pivotally connected links cooperating with said pair of pivot axes on each of said visor body and said frame to provide a quadrilateral connection that has a predetermined movement in said first direct ion based on lengths of said links and spacing of said pivot axes on said visor body and on said frame;
- and
- the pivotal connections providing an automatic stop in said first direction at a position away from said visor body.
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A vehicle visor including a vanity mirror comprising:
- a visor body;
- a frame including a vanity mirror;
- a pair of spaced-apart pivot links for coupling said frame to said visor body for movement in a first direction from a position in which said vanity mirror extends generally co-planar with said visor body for storage to a position away from said visor body and a second direction orthogonal to said first direction for adjustment of said vanity mirror to a desired use position;
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- a mounting member, wherein said links for coupling said frame to said visor body each have one end pivotally coupled to said mounting member for rotation of said frame in said first direction, and wherein said mounting member is coupled to said visor body to allow said frame to rotate in said second direction, wherein said visor body includes a mounting flange for captively receiving said mounting member, and wherein said mounting member comprises a disk which includes a keyed slot for captively mounting said disk to said mounting flange.
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A vehicle visor including a vanity mirror comprising:
- a visor body;
- a vanity mirror assembly including a mirror;
- coupling means for coupling said vanity mirror assembly to said visor body during rotational movement about a first axis from a storage position in which said vanity mirror assembly extends generally co-planar with said visor body to a position in which said vanity mirror assembly extends generally away from said visor body and for coupling said vanity mirror assembly to said visor body during rotational movement about a second axis orthogonal to said first axis for adjustment of said mirror to a desired use position;
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- a cam for centering said vanity mirror assembly when moved to the storage position.
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A vehicle visor including a vanity mirror comprising:
- a visor body including a socket for a vanity mirror assembly;
- said vanity mirror assembly including a frame with a vanity mirror;
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- a pair of spaced-apart pivot links for coupling said frame to said visor body for movement in a first direction from a position in which said vanity mirror extends generally co-planar with said visor body for storage to a position away from said visor body and a second direction orthogonal to said first direction for adjustment of said vanity mirror to a desired use position, and wherein one of said links includes a cam which engages said socket for centering said frame when moved to a storage position.
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