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US 6,634,696 B1Granted
Snap frame visor
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorJohn Tiesler
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Abstract
A thin edge radius sun visor comprising a frame assembly consisting of a pair of mating frame members connected by a pair of hinges and having attached thereto a cover assembly consisting of a stiffener board and a cover fabric is disclosed. The sun visor frame assembly locked together by male/female snap locks.
Claims20
A sun visor for motor vehicles, comprising:
- a frame assembly comprising first and second mating frame members;
- a) each said first and second frame member having an open side;
- b) said first and second mating frame members connected at their open side ends by hinge means;
- c) said first and second mating frame members further comprising an inner recessed flange and an outer flange;
- i) said first frame member having a plurality of male frame locking means spaced along said inner recessed flange,
- ii) said second frame member having a plurality of female frame locking means spaced along said inner recessed flange and positioned to mate with the corresponding plurality of male frame locking means of said first frame member,
- iii) said first and said second frame members having a longitudinal channel located in said outer flange and having a plurality of cloth covering locking teeth located therein;
- a cover assembly comprising;
- a) a liner board dimensioned to fit into the recessed inner flange area of said first and second frame members using an attaching means, and
- b) a cover fabric dimensioned to cover the frame members and liner board and wrap around the edges of said first and second locked frames and attached to said first and second frames by said plurality of cloth covering locking teeth;
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- said sun visor having a passage along the hinged edge of said sun visor for the installation of a mounting shaft allowing said sun visor to be mounted in a motor vehicle.
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A sun visor for motor vehicles, comprising:
- a frame assembly comprising first and second mating frame members;
- a) each said first and second frame member having an open side;
- b) said first and second mating frame members connected at their open side ends by hinge means;
- c) said first and second mating frame members further comprising an inner recessed flange and an outer flange;
- i) said first frame member having a plurality of male frame locking means spaced along said inner recessed flange,
- ii) said second frame member having a plurality of female frame locking means spaced along said inner recessed flange and positioned to mate with the corresponding plurality of male frame locking means of said first frame member,
- iii) said first and said second frame members having a longitudinal channel located in said outer flange and having a plurality of cloth covering locking teeth located therein,
- iv) a living hinge area in a corresponding location in each of said first and said second frame members;
- a cover assembly comprising;
- a) a stiffener board dimensioned to fit into the recessed inner flange area of said first and second frame members using an attaching means, and
- b) a cover fabric dimensioned to cover the frame members and liner board and wrap around the edges of said first and second locked frames and attached to said first and second frames by said plurality of cloth covering locking teeth;
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- said sun visor having a passage along the hinged edge of said sun visor for the installation of a mounting shaft allowing said sun visor to be mounted in a motor vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.