Two-way vanity mirror visor

• US 4,807,093 A
• Filed: 11/16/1987
• Issued: 02/21/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cisler, Bruce W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cox, D. M.
• Application Number:
  US07/121,033
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 362/61, 362/80, 362/74, 362/135, 362/142, 362/144, 362/143, 296/97 C, 296/97 H, 296/97 B, 296/97 F, 296/97 J, 296/97 G, 296/97 R, 350/604, 350/606, 132/80 A, 132/79 G, 132/83 R, 132/83 E
• US Class Current: 362/492
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0282 specially adapted for a courtesy mirror

Abstract

A visor having a body with a central opening extending through the body. A cover selectively encloses the opening on one side of the visor. Pivotally mounted to the visor is a mirror and frame with the mirror facing the cover and movable between a position co-planar with and enclosing the opposite side of the opening for storage to a lowered use position in which the mirror is exposed for use when the visor is in a raised stored position. When the visor is in a lowered sun blocking position and the mirror frame is in its stored position, the cover can be opened for exposing the mirror from the rear facing surface of the visor.

Claims

1. A vehicle visor comprising:

a visor body having forwardly and rearwardly facing major surfaces and an aperture extending through said visor body and through said surfaces to define an opening through said visor; and

a vanity mirror assembly including a mirror, said assembly pivotally mounted to said visor body to be movable from a position substantially parallel with said facing surfaces of said visor and facing rearwardly when said visor is in a lowered use position such that said mirror is exposed through said opening, and wherein said assembly can be pivoted through an angle of at least 90 in a forward direction from said visor body such that the mirror can be used as a vanity mirror when the visor is in a raised stored position against the vehicle headliner.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 and further including cover means pivotally coupled to said body on a side of said visor body opposite said vanity mirror assembly for selectively covering said mirror.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2 and further including means for providing illumination for said mirror.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 3 wherein said illumination means is mounted to said vanity mirror assembly adjacent said mirror for further serving as a map lamp when the visor is in a lowered use position and said vanity mirror assembly pivoted from said visor body.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said visor includes switch means actuated by said cover and by said vanity mirror assembly for actuating said illumination means when either said cover is opened or said vanity mirror assembly pivoted from said visor body.

6. A vehicle visor comprising:

a visor body having an aperture extending through opposite sides of said visor body to define an opening completely through said visor body;

cover means for covering said opening from one side of said body; and

a vanity mirror pivotally mounted to said body for enclosing said opening from an opposite side of said body and movable from a position substantially flush with said visor body and facing said cover and to a position extended from said visor body such that the mirror can be used as a vanity mirror when the visor is in a raised stored position against the vehicle headliner.

7. A vehicle visor comprising:

a visor body having an aperture extending through said visor body to define an opening through said visor;

cover means pivotally mounted to said visor body for covering said opening from one side of said body; and

a vanity mirror pivotally mounted to said body for enclosing said opening from an opposite side of said body and movable from a position substantially flush with said visor body and facing said cover and to a position extended from said visor body such that the mirror can be used as a vanity mirror when the visor is in a raised stored position against the vehicle headliner.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said cover is pivoted about an axis proximate an upper edge of said visor body and said vanity mirror is mounted to pivot about an axis parallel to and on the same side of said opening of said visor as said cover pivot axis.

9. The apparatus defined in claim 8 wherein said vanity mirror is mounted to a frame assembly which further includes means for providing illumination directed outwardly from adjacent said mirror.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 9 wherein said visor includes switch means actuated by said cover and by said vanity mirror assembly for actuating said illumination means when either said cover is opened or said vanity mirror assembly pivoted from said visor body.

11. A vehicle visor comprising:

a visor body having an aperture extending through opposite sides of said visor body to define an opening completely through said visor;

a first cover mounted said visor body for selectively covering said opening from one side of said visor;

a second cover mounted to said visor body for selectively covering said opening from an opposite side of said body; and

a vanity mirror mounted to an inside surface of one of said covers and facing the remaining cover such that said mirror is exposed for use when said one or remaining cover is opened.

12. The apparatus as defined in claim 11 wherein said one cover is pivotally mounted to said visor body.

13. The apparatus as defined in claim 12 wherein said one cover includes means for illuminating said mirror for use in low ambient light.

14. A vehicle visor comprising:

a visor body having an aperture extending through said visor body to define an opening through said visor;

a first cover mounted said visor body for selectively covering said opening from one side of said visor;

a second cover mounted to said visor body for selectively covering said opening from an opposite side of said body; and

a vanity mirror mounted to an inside surface of one of said covers and facing the remaining cover such that said mirror is exposed for use when said one or remaining cover is opened, wherein said one cover is pivotally mounted to said visor body, and includes means for illuminating said mirror for use in low ambient light; and

wherein said remaining cover is pivotally mounted to said visor body.