Visor assembly and covered vanity mirror

• US 4,068,930 A
• Filed: 12/27/1976
• Issued: 01/17/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Marcus, Konrad H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Henry, Jon W.
• Application Number:
  US05/754,279
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 350/277, 350/279, 350/307, 350/306, 350/305, 350/65, 350/288, 296/97 R, 296/97 B, 296/97 H
• US Class Current: 359/602
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0282 specially adapted for a courtesy mirror

Abstract

A visor assembly including a vanity mirror supported on a visor in a one piece housing including a frame and hinged cover. Protection against flying glass fragments in the event of shattering of the mirror is provided by the cover and also by a flexible backing on the mirror which also holds a mounting arrangement for fastening the mirror and housing to the visor.

Claims

1. A visor and vanity mirror assembly comprising;

a visor adapted for attachment to a vehicle, a housing supported on said visor, said housing including a relatively rigid frame portion and a relatively rigid cover portion, hinge means joining said frame and cover for movement of the latter between open and closed positions relative to said frame, said frame, cover and hinge means being of unitary, homogeneous plastic construction, said hinge means being relatively flexible and a mirror supported relative to said frame to be covered by said cover portion when the latter is in a closed position relative to said frame.

2. The combination of Claim 1 and further comprising attaching means operative between said mirror and said visor to secure said housing in position on said visor.

3. The combination of claim 2 in which said attaching means are connected at the rear surface of said mirror to project from said housing for cooperative engagement with attachment receiving portions of said visor.

4. The combination of claim 1 in which said frame and cover have an as molded condition in which said frame, cover and hinges are disposed in substantially the same plane and in which said cover tends to move from its closed position covering said mirror towards an as molded condition in which said cover is supported in an open position relative to said mirror.

5. The combination of claim 1 including a metal backing plate, adhesive means holding said metal backing plate to the rear surface of said mirror, and fastening elements held by said plate for engagement with complementary fastening portions of said visor to hold said mirror and housing in position relative to said visor.

6. The combination of claim 5 in which said adhesive means includes a flexible element with adhesive on opposed surfaces in engagement with said plate and said mirror, respectively.

7. The combination of claim 5 in which said fastening elements protrude from the rear portion of said backing plate and include annular retaining portions for engagement with side portions of openings in said visor.

8. The combination of claim 1 in which said frame portion has a mirror receiving cavity formed therein, and a bezel member engaging a forward surface of said mirror and fastened to said frame portion to retain said mirror in said cavity.

9. The combination of claim 1 in which the cover is held in closed relationship to said frame by latch means including complementary tongue and groove portions in said cover and frame for engagement with each other when said cover is in the closed postion.