Claims
- 1. A sun visor for an automobile adapted to be hingedly mounted and comprising a body portion pivotable into a down or up position and including a translucent sun screen normally stored within the visor but readily extendable down through the bottom edge of the visor to a selected position at which it will remain; said body portion being a one-piece construction including a longitudinal flexible hinge portion (11c), a top portion (11a) and a bottom portion (11b) having rows of teeth (13a) on the side edges of the bottom portion; bottom portion (11b) having rows of teeth (13a); said top and bottom portions being connected to opposite sides of said hinge portion; said top and bottom portions being folded together and sealed to form the body portion; said sun screen having side edge indentions (15) cooperable with said teeth (13a) and (13b) when said translucent sun screen is positioned between said top and bottom portions (11a) and (11b); said sun visor being further characterized in that said screen has been positioned between said top and bottom portions before they are folded together and sealed.
- 2. The device of claim 1 wherein the bottom of said sun screen has a handle portion.
- 3. The sun visor of claim 1 wherein said sun screen has upper and lower portions hingedly connected about a longitudinal axis so that when said sun screen is extended out of said body portion the lower portion can be pivoted into the desired position by the driver.
- 4. The sun visor of claim 1 wherein felt layers are provided in said top and bottom portions adjacent the surfaces of said sun screen.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
This is a continuation-in-part of pending application Ser. No. 805,982 filed Dec. 5, 1985, which application is incorporated herein by reference.
This invention relates to an automobile sun shield, and in particular, to a novel device which enables the driver of an automobile to reduce the glare of the sun.
Sun shields for automobiles have been described in the prior art, as for example, those patents in United States Patent Office Classification System class 296, subclasses 97b, c, g, f, and r. Examples of the prior art include U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,159.421; 3,534,999; 3,961,820; 4,023,855; 4,090,732; 4,195,876; 4,264,100; 4,280,730; 4,362,330; 4,491,360; and 4,512,605.
One object of the present invention is to provide an automobile sun shield which is easy to use, inexpensive to manufacture, and more durable than the devices described in the prior art.
Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the description and claims which follow, taken together with the appended drawings.
This invention comprises broadly a translucent sun shield stored within the visor of an automobile and readily manipulable by the user into a selected position by simply pulling or pushing on the handle extension of the transparent shield. The shield is characterized as having indentations on its edges which register with indentations on the visor body. The sun shield can be extended to the desired length no matter what the pivot position of the visor is. The shield is easily moved in or out by the driver. By providing a longitudinal hinge in the sun shield, the shield can be pivoted after it is extended to accommodate the particular pivot position of the visor.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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Patent Grant
4978160
