Visor display

• US 5,927,792 A
• Filed: 07/02/1998
• Issued: 07/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Sponsoring Entity: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Welling, Thomas J., Suman, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): PAPE, JOSEPH
• Time in USPTO: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 296/97.5, 296/37.8, 296/97.1, 362/74, 362/144, 362/142, 362/135
• US Class Current: 296/97.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0204 : Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0229 : for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0035 : Sun visors

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.

Claims

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;

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; and

a mirror mounted to said visor body on a side opposite said display housing and wherein said window includes a clear area of said mirror such that said display can be seen through said clear area of said mirror.