Visor assembly with extender blade
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsAlan Sturt, Nicholas Alfano, Matthew R. Mowers
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Abstract
A visor assembly for a passenger compartment of a vehicle having a visor housing and an extender blade received within the visor housing movable between a retracted position and a extended position. The visor housing includes at least one lower receiving member provided on the inner surface of the housing having an upper portion supporting a bottom surface of the extender blade and a stop limiting the inward travel of the blade through the cavity in the housing. At least one upper receiving member disposed in the inner surface of the visor housing includes a lower portion engaging the top surface of the extender blade to support and guide the extender blade through the aperture in the housing.
Claims17
A visor assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a visor housing having a pair of spaced apart walls defining an outer surface, an inner surface and a cavity defined between the walls, the walls further defining an aperture that cooperates with the cavity of the housing;
- an extender blade extending into the cavity through the aperture in the housing and being movable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- at least one lower receiving member provided proximate a bottom edge of the inner surface of the visor housing, the at least one lower receiving member having an upper portion supporting a bottom surface of the extender blade and a stop extending from the upper portion to limit retraction of the extender blade through the inner surface of the housing;
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- at least one upper receiving member provided adjacent a top edge of the inner surface of the visor housing, the at least one upper receiving member having a lower portion engaging a top surface of the extender blade and a stop limiting extension of the extender blade through the aperture in the housing.
A visor assembly having an extender blade selectively positionable between a retracted position and an extended position, the visor assembly comprising:
- a visor housing having a pair of spaced apart walls defining an outer surface, an inner surface and a cavity defined between the walls, the walls further defining an aperture that cooperates with the cavity of the housing;
- at least one lower receiving member provided proximate a bottom edge of the inner surface of the visor housing to support the extender blade, the at least one lower receiving member having an upper portion supporting a bottom surface of the extender blade and a stop extending from the upper portion of the at least one receiving member to limit retraction of the extender blade into the cavity in the housing;
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- a pair of upper receiving members integrally formed in one of the pair of spaced apart walls adjacent a top edge of the inner surface of the visor housing, the pair of upper receiving members having a lower portion engaging a top surface of the extender blade and a stop limiting extension of the extender blade through the aperture in the housing.
An extendable visor assembly comprising:
- a visor housing having a pair of spaced apart walls defining an outer surface, an inner surface and a cavity defined between the inner surface of the walls;
- an aperture formed in the outer surface of the housing cooperating with the inner surface of the housing;
- an extender blade extending into the inner surface through the aperture in the housing movable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- opposing elongate rails integrally formed on a bottom edge of the inner surface of each of the pair of spaced apart walls of the visor housing, wherein the opposing elongate rails are disposed adjacent one another upon assembly of the visor housing to form a unitary upper portion to support a bottom surface of the extender blade and a stop extending from the upper portion to limit the travel of the extender blade through the cavity in the housing;
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- an upper receiving member provided adjacent a top edge of the inner surface of the visor housing, the at least one upper receiving member having a lower portion engaging a top surface of the extender blade and a stop engaging a portion extending from the top surface of the blade to limit the travel of the extender blade through the aperture in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.