Sun visor having office work apparatus

• US 20040011835A1
• Filed: 05/09/2003
• Published: 01/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Boyean Kim
• Original Assignee: Boyean Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Boyean
• Granted Patent: US 7,236,355 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/312
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0204 Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0217 for loud-speakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/001 Vehicle control means, e.g. steering-wheel or column
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0035 Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0061 using key-type connections
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sun visor with a variety of office apparatuses that is capable of handling a user'"'"'s work in a car. The sun visor with the variety of apparatuses with a keyboard that are mounted in an attachable and detachable manner, such that when the apparatuses are attached on the sun visor, the sun visor functions to prevent the driver'"'"'s eyes from bright sunshine, and when they are detached therefrom, they can be available on a steering wheel in a car, the sun visor includes a holding frame to which the office work apparatus detachably mounted, and a frame fixing member which installed to a ceiling of a vehicle, the frame fixing member detachably engaging with the holding frame.

Claims

1. A sun visor with an office work apparatus which detachably engages with the sun visor, comprising:

a holding frame to which the office work apparatus detachably mounted, and

a frame fixing member which installed to a ceiling of a vehicle, the frame fixing member detachably engaging with the holding frame.

2. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an on-wheel mounting member for detachably installing the office work apparatus on a steering wheel of a vehicle.

3. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the office work apparatus is rotatably mounted on the holding frame.

4. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the on-wheel mounting member includes a pair of supporting members provided at both side portions of the office work apparatus, each supporting member having a head portion which contacts with the steering wheel, a resilient member for providing a resilient force against the head, and a receiving grove for accommodating the resilient member.

5. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the office work apparatus includes a keyboard, a communication equipment mounting stand for carrying a wireless communication device, and a display, the office work apparatus being foldable.

6. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 5, wherein the office work apparatus further includes a camera, a microphone, and a speaker.

7. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 6, wherein the office work apparatus includes a card reader.

8. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein a portable computer is detachably mounted to the office work apparatus.

9. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 8, wherein the office work apparatus includes a terminal which electrically connects the portable computer to the office work apparatus.

10. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 9, wherein the office work apparatus includes a portable computer carrying frame for receiving the portable computer, a frame engaging part for fixing the portable computer carrying frame to the office work apparatus, the portable computer carrying frame having a door part which is hinged to the portable computer carrying frame and prevent unintended separation of the portable computer from the portable computer carrying frame.

11. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 10, wherein the portable computer carrying frame has a side opening for permitting access to operation switches of the portable computer.

12. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mounting stand which installed on the front dash panel of a vehicle for supporting the office work apparatus.

13. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the office work apparatus includes a shaft which is provided at both side portions of the office work apparatus and has a disk-shaped portion at the end portion thereof, and wherein the holding frame includes a slot into which the disk-shaped portion of the shaft is inserted.

14. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 13, wherein the disk-shaped portion is rotatably installed into the slot of the holding frame.

15. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the holding frame is rotatably mounted to the frame fixing member.

16. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 15, wherein the frame fixing member includes an actuator to rotate the holding frame.

17. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 16, wherein the frame fixing member includes a resilient member for pushing the actuator against the holding frame to provide a secure contact between the actuator and the holding frame.

18. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the office work apparatus includes guide grooves at both side portions thereof and the holding frame includes holding members at both side portions thereof for engaging with the guide rails.

19. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 18, wherein each holding member is a guide rail formed on the holding frame.

20. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 18, wherein each holding member is a separate member which rotatably engages with the holding frame and has a guide rail engaging with the guide groove of the office work apparatus.

21. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frame fixing member includes a connecting part formed on the holding frame and an on-ceiling fixed part which fixed on a ceiling of a vehicle and engages with the connecting part.

22. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 21, wherein said sun visor coupling part includes a first moving body disposed in a first guide hole to move forward and backward in accordance with the pressure of said ceiling-connected part, a second moving body disposed in a second guide hole to move upward and downward in accordance with the movement of said first moving body, a third moving body disposed in a third guide hole to move forward and backward in accordance with the ascending and descending movement of said second moving body, and a cam for transmitting pressure to the end portion of a rotary door in accordance with the pressure of said third moving body.

23. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frame fixing member includes an engaging protrusion formed at top portion of the holding frame, connecting part having groove into which the engaging protrusion inserted, and an on-ceiling fixed part which fixed on a ceiling of a vehicle and rotatably engages with the connecting part.

24. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the frame fixing member includes a connecting part which slidably engages with the office work apparatus and an on-ceiling fixed part which fixed on a ceiling of a vehicle and rotatably engages with the connecting part.

25. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 24, wherein the connecting member slidably engages with a longitudinal groove formed on the office work apparatus in a longitudinal direction thereof.

26. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 24, wherein the connecting member slidably engages with a traverse groove formed on the office work apparatus in a traverse direction thereof.

27. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the holding frame includes a locking member for preventing unintended separation of the office work apparatus from the holding frame.

28. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, wherein the holding frame includes a base plate for supporting a bottom surface of the office work apparatus.

29. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a carrying member which includes a base plate for supporting a bottom surface of the office work apparatus, a guide groove which engages with a guide rail formed on the holding frame, and a locking member for preventing unintended separation of the office work apparatus from the carrying member.

30. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 29, wherein the base plate includes an opening for receiving the display which is folded over the office work apparatus.

31. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 29, wherein the office work apparatus includes a keyboard, a communication apparatus supporting stand, and a display which rotatably engages with the keyboard, and wherein a portion of the holding frame is canceled for preventing an interference with the rotating movement of the display.

32. A sun visor with an office work apparatus which detachably engages with the sun visor, comprising:

a holding frame to which the office work apparatus detachably mounted, and

a frame fixing member which installed to a ceiling of a vehicle, the frame fixing member fixed to the holding frame.

33. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a carrying member which includes a base plate for supporting a bottom surface of the office work apparatus, a guide groove which engages with a guide rail formed on the holding frame, and a locking member for preventing unintended separation of the office work apparatus from the carrying member.

34. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 33, wherein the base plate includes an opening for receiving the display which is folded over the office work apparatus.

35. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 33, wherein the office work apparatus includes a keyboard, a communication apparatus supporting stand, and a display which rotatably engages with the keyboard, and wherein a portion of the holding frame is canceled for preventing an interference with the rotating movement of the display.

36. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 32, wherein the office work apparatus includes guide grooves at both side portions thereof and the holding frame includes holding members at both side portions thereof for engaging with the guide rails.

37. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 36, wherein each holding member is a guide rail formed on the holding frame.

38. The sun visor with an office work apparatus of claim 37, wherein each holding member is a separate member which rotatably engages with the holding frame and has a guide rail engaging with the guide groove of the office work apparatus.