Object holder

• US 4,844,311 A
• Filed: 02/22/1988
• Issued: 07/04/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daniel A. Kalen
• Original Assignee: Daniel A. Kalen
• Inventors: Kalen, Daniel A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stinson, Frankie L.
• Application Number:
  US07/158,701
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 224/312, 224/311, 224/273, 224/42.46, 206/387, 297/97 B, 297/97 H
• US Class Current: 224/312
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/05 mounted on sun visor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/088 for stowing tape cartridges, compact discs, or the like

Abstract

An economical holder for solid objects such as audio cassettes, cartridges, compact disks, or the like is provided which is designed to couple with the sun visor or a vehicle in order to store solid objects for convenient access by the vehicle occupant. The preferred holder comprises a sheet of flexible material having closable pairs of holder pockets arranged thereon and coupling strips attached to opposed edges of the sheet. In use, the sheet is placed about the sun visor with coupling strips coupling the edges of the sheet to hold snugly to the visor so that corresponding pockets are presented respectively above and below the visor for access by the vehicle occupant.

Claims

1. A holder for coupling with a sun visor of a vehicle for holding solid objects such as tape cassettes, cartridges, compact disks, or the like, the visor presenting an upper face and a lower face, said holder comprising:

a flexible sheet of material presenting respective outer and inner opposed surfaces;

means for snugly coupling said sheet with the visor with said inner surface adjacent thereto for flexible conformation to the shape thereof;

flexible material coupled with said outer surface for forming at least one object-receiving pocket; and

the visor being pivotal about a horizontal axis between upward and downward positions, said holder including means for selectively holding the visor in the upward position against the tendency of the visor to pivot toward the downward position under the weight of objects received in said pockets.

2. The holder as set forth in claim 1, said sheet presenting a first portion and a second portion, said coupling means coupling said first portion adjacent the visor upper face and the second portion adjacent the visor lower face, said flexible material forming at least one object-receiving pocket above the visor upper face and at least one object-receiving pocket below the visor lower face.

3. The holder as set forth in claim 2, said material forming three object-receiving pockets above the visor upper face and three object-receiving pockets below the visor lower face.

4. The holder as set forth in claim 3, the visor presenting an inner edge and an opposed outer edge, said pockets opening toward said inner edge for insertion and removal of solid objects into and from said pockets by a vehicle occupant.

5. The holder as set forth in claim 1, said selectively holding means including corresponding pieces of hook-and-eye fasteners respectively coupled with said holder and with the interior surface of the ceiling of a vehicle.

6. The holder as set forth in claim 1, said flexible sheet and said flexible material being composed of vinyl.

7. The holder as set forth in claim 1, said sheet presenting opposed edges, said coupling means including means for intercoupling said edges in order to snugly couple said sheet with the visor.

8. The holder as set forth in claim 7, said intercoupling means including corresponding strips of hook-and-eye fasteners respectively coupled with said coupling edges.

9. The holder as set forth in claim 8, said selectively closing means including corresponding strips of hook-and-eye fasteners.

10. The holder as set forth in claim 1, said pocket presenting an opening for insertion and removal of an object therefrom, said holder further including means for selectively closing said opening.

11. A holder adaptable for coupling with the sun visor of a vehicle for holding solid objects such as audio tape cassettes, cartridges, compact disks, or the like, the visor presenting respectively opposed, upper and lower faces, and inner and outer edges, the visor being pivotal about a generally axis generally parallel to and adjacent the outer edge between upward and downward positions, said holder comprising:

a sheet of flexible material presenting respectively opposed outer and inner surfaces and first and second opposed coupling edges, said outer surface further presenting first and second zones;

a plurality of walls of flexible material coupled with said upper surface for forming a plurality of object-holding pockets, each of said pockets presenting an object removal-and-insertion opening, said pockets being arranged with at least one pocket located in each of said zones;

means for intercoupling said coupling edges for snugly coupling said holder about the visor with said inner surface in contact therewith so that said sheet generally conforms to the shape of the visor and for locating said first and second zones and said respective pockets respectively adjacent the upper and lower faces of the visor; and

further including means for releasably preventing shifting of the visor from the upward position toward the downward position.

12. The holder as set forth in claim 11, said pockets being configured such that when said holder is coupled with the visor, said pocket openings are presented as opening toward the inner edge of the visor.

13. The holder as set forth in claim 11, said sheet further presenting an intermediate zone located between said first and second zones, said pocket openings being configured for opening toward said intermediate zone.

14. The holder as set forth in claim 13, said intercoupling means including structure for intercoupling said edges adjacent the visor inner edge, said intermediate zone being located adjacent the visor outer edge when said holder is coupled therewith.

15. The holder as set forth in claim 13, said holder further including means releasably closing said openings.

16. The holder as set forth in claim 15, said releasably closing means including hook-and-eye fasteners.

17. The holder as set forth in claim 16, said pockets being arranged so that each pocket of one of said zones has a corresponding pocket in the other of said zones, said closing means including a fastener strip for closing the openings of a corresponding pair of pockets.

18. The holder as set forth in claim 17, said closing means further including hook-and-eye fasteners.