Modular sun visor and method of assembling same
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorJohn M. Tiesler
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Abstract
A modular sun visor includes a visor bezel having a center support rod, an elbow rod subassembly, and a visor blade. The visor bezel is pivotally and slidingly attached to the elbow rod subassembly, which is configured to be attached to the interior of a vehicle. The center support rod of the visor bezel is selectively attachable to the vehicle at a center support. The visor blade is chosen from an inventory of differently sized visor blades, any one of which is attachable to the visor bezel. When a sun visor is required for a different make or model of vehicle, only the visor blade is changed; thus, production and inventory costs are reduced.
Claims17
A system of modular sun visors, comprising:
- a plurality of visor bezels, each visor bezel having a support structure;
- a plurality of visor blades, each of the visor blades differing from the other visor blades by at least one dimension, and each of the visor blades being configured for attachment to any one of the visor bezels.
A method of assembling a sun visor for a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a visor bezel having a support structure and configured to be attached to any visor blade chosen from an inventory of differently sized visor blades;
- choosing a visor blade from the inventory of differently sized visor blades;
- and
- attaching the chosen visor blade to the visor bezel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.