Sun visor for vehicles with mirror and article storage

• US 5,364,153 A
• Filed: 04/19/1994
• Issued: 11/15/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Becker Group Europe GmbH (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Gebr. Happich GmbH
• Inventors: Vaxelaire, Francis
• Primary Examiner(s): Pape, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US08/230,082
• Time in Patent Office: 210 Days
• Field of Search: 296/97.5, 296/97.2, 296/97.1, 296/37.1, 296/37.7, 296/37.8
• US Class Current: 296/97.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0282 specially adapted for a courtesy mirror
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/05 mounted on sun visor

Abstract

A sun visor for a vehicle has a sun visor body which is provided with both a mirror and a storage compartment. The mirror is inserted into an opening in the sun visor body and is accessible to the user when the sun visor body is in its position of use. The storage compartment is inserted into an opening in the sun visor body and is accessible to the user when the sun visor body is in its position of non-use. The two openings are aligned with each other and pass through the visor body. The storage compartment pivots around a support frame on its side of the visor body. A hinged cover is positioned over the mirror on the other side of the visor body.

Claims

1. A sun visor for a vehicle, comprising

a sun visor body having first and second opposite wide sides with respective first and second surfaces;

the first side having a first recess defined therein, and countersunk into the first surface, for receiving a mirror;

a mirror supported in the first recess;

the second side having a second recess defined therein, and countersunk into the second surface, for receiving a storage compartment for articles;

a frame around, and defining and being seated in the second recess;

a storage compartment in the second recess, the storage compartment including a bottom and walls upstanding from the bottom, the storage compartment having an edge mounted for swinging the storage compartment on the frame.

2. The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the sun visor first side with the mirror thereon is the side thereof accessible to the user of the sun visor in the position of use thereof in front of the windshield.

3. The sun visor of claim 2, wherein the sun visor second side is the side thereof that is accessible to the user with the sun visor body in the position of non-use generally at the ceiling of the vehicle.

4. The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the sun visor second side is the side thereof that is accessible to the user with the sun visor body in the position of non-use generally at the ceiling of the vehicle.

5. The sun visor of claim 3, wherein the first and second recesses are defined by an opening which passes through the sun visor body between the recesses.

6. The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the first and second recesses are defined by an opening which passes through the sun visor body between the recesses.

7. The sun visor of claim 6, further comprising a mirror frame installed in the first recess from the first side and shaped for holding the mirror;

and a storage frame installed in the second recess from the second side and shaped for mounting the storage compartment.

8. The sun visor of claim 7, wherein the frames are fastened to each other by connecting elements.

9. The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a mirror frame installed in the first recess from the first side shaped for holding the mirror;

and a storage frame installed in the second recess from the second side and shaped for mounting the storage compartment.

10. The sun visor of claim 9, further comprising a locking mechanism on the storage compartment for locking the storage compartment to the storage frame and holding it in a closed position, means on the locking mechanism for unlocking it for releasing the storage compartment.

11. The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a locking mechanism on the storage compartment for locking the storage compartment to the frame and holding it in a closed position, means on the locking mechanism for unlocking it for releasing the storage compartment.

12. The sun visor of claim 9, further comprising a hinged cover over the mirror movable between a position covering the mirror and uncovering the mirror, the cover being supported on the mirror frame.

13. The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a hinged cover over the mirror movable between a position covering the mirror and uncovering the mirror.