Visor display
First Claim
1. A visor including an electrical display for displaying information to an occupant of the vehicle, said visor comprising:
- a visor including a generally planar visor body;
a window extending through said visor body; and
a display housing including an electrical display, said housing movably mounted to said visor body to be movable between a position aligned with said window in which said display is visible through said window when said visor is in a first position and a position remote from said visor body where said display is visible when said visor is moved to a second position such that said display can be seen regardless of the visor position, wherein said visor has a pocket formed in one side of said visor body in alignment with said window and said display housing is movable into said pocket to be aligned with said window.
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Abstract
A visor display includes a the visor body having a window to which a display is movably mounted such that the display, when the visor is in one of a raised or lowered use position, is visible through the window and, when the visor is moved to the other of the raised or lowered positions, the display can be moved to be directly visible. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor display includes a display housing movable into a storage pocket in the visor body and movable from a closed position where the display is aligned with a window formed through the visor body to an open position where the display is visible when the visor window is adjacent the vehicle roof. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor window was formed in a vanity mirror in an area of the vanity mirror which is otherwise covered with a reflective material such that the display is viewed through the front surface of the mirror window. In another embodiment, the visor includes a housing for a display which provides a display surface extending to opposite sides of the visor to display information regardless of the visor position.
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14 Claims
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1. A visor including an electrical display for displaying information to an occupant of the vehicle, said visor comprising:
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a visor including a generally planar visor body; a window extending through said visor body; and a display housing including an electrical display, said housing movably mounted to said visor body to be movable between a position aligned with said window in which said display is visible through said window when said visor is in a first position and a position remote from said visor body where said display is visible when said visor is moved to a second position such that said display can be seen regardless of the visor position, wherein said visor has a pocket formed in one side of said visor body in alignment with said window and said display housing is movable into said pocket to be aligned with said window. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A visor display comprising:
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a visor body including a front side and a rear side; a pocket formed in one of said sides and communicating with a window extending through the opposite side; and a display housing movably mounted to said visor pocket to be movable between a position within said pocket in which said display is visible through said window from said opposite side of said visor and a position remote from said pocket where said display is visible from said one side of said visor, such that said display can be seen regardless of the visor position. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A visor display for a vehicle comprising:
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a visor including a generally planar visor body having a front side and a rear side; a bracket for mounting said visor to a vehicle for movement between a raised stored position exposing said rear of said visor to the interior of a vehicle and a lowered sun-blocking position exposing said front of said visor to the interior of a vehicle; and a display housing mounted to said visor body and including an electrical display therein presenting a display which is visible from said front and rear sides of said visor such that display information can be viewed when said visor is in a raised stored position and in a lowered sun-blocking position, wherein said visor includes an aperture therethrough and said housing is movably mounted to said aperture such that said display can be viewed through said aperture when in a first position and directly when moved from said aperture, and wherein said aperture defines a pocket formed in one of said sides and extends through said visor body to define a window and wherein said display housing is pivotally movable into said pocket to be aligned with said window. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A visor display for a vehicle comprising:
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a visor including a generally planar visor body having a front side and a rear side; a bracket for mounting said visor to a vehicle for movement between a raised stored position exposing said rear of said visor to the interior of a vehicle and a lowered sun-blocking position exposing said front of said visor to the interior of a vehicle; a window formed through said visor body; and a display housing mounted to said visor body and including an electrical display therein presenting a display which is visible through said window from at least one of said front and rear sides of said visor and directly from the other of said front and rear sides such that display information can be viewed when said visor is in a raised stored position and a lowered sun-blocking position, wherein said visor body includes a pocket formed in one of said sides and communicating with said window, and wherein said display housing is movably mounted to said visor pocket to be movable between a position within said pocket in which said display is visible through said window from said opposite side of said visor and a position remote from said pocket where said display is visible from said one side of said visor, such that said display can be seen regardless of the visor position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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Specification