US 6,309,004 B1Granted

Auxiliary tinted transparent side sun visor for vehicles

OwnerEddie Ray McNutt, Mary Sue McNuttinventors

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Abstract

An auxiliary sun visor comprising a tinted transparent plastic glare shield molded onto a plastic strap which attaches temporarily to the permanent sun visor by means of interlocking fabric. The auxiliary sun visor rotates (pivots) to the side window thereby allowing sun visors to be deployed on windshield and front side window simultaneously. The interlocking fabric method of attachment to permanent sun visor will not interfere with newly innovated head curtain side air bags. If this auxiliary sun visor is struck by the rapid descending and inflating side air bags the fabric attachment will separate without risk of metal parts becoming projectiles as used in prior art of auxiliary sun visors. The glare shield is made from unbreakable semi-rigid plastic material that will not cause the extensive injuries that a rigid visor with multiple parts and rigid plastic could inflict when the side head curtain air bag rapidly descends from the vehicle roof.

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Dependent claims

An auxiliary attachment for original-equipment, factory-installed sun visors associated with vehicles, the attachment comprising:

a generally rectangular, tinted, plastic shield adapted to be attached to the sun visor;
a flexible, plastic strap for securing the attachment to the sun visor, the plastic strap adapted to circumscribe the visor;
means for pivotally securing the shield to said strap such that the shield may be pivotally folded between leftward and rightward positions flatly nested against the visor wherein the shield is substantially parallel with and flushly nested against the visor and an intermediate deployed position wherein the shield is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the visor and projects outwardly therefrom in a direction longitudinally aligned with the length of the vehicle;
and,
whereby the shield may be selectively disposed in an operative orientation generally angled or perpendicular with respect to the visor to reduce glare coining from a direction generally sideways to the driver of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.