Adjustable visor

• US 5,005,895 A
• Filed: 04/16/1990
• Issued: 04/09/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Prince (Wellman Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Muyres, David A., Mersman, Wesley D., Dykstra, Steven P., Clark, Russell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/509,505
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• Field of Search: 296/97.8, 296/97.1, 296/97.4, 296/97.5
• US Class Current: 296/97.8
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 3/0208 combined with auxiliary visor

Abstract

A visor body includes a guide for receiving a slide member having an auxiliary shield made of a flexible material which can be moved from a collapsed stored position to an extended position when the slide member is moved from its retracted position within the visor body to an extended use position increasing the width of the visor. In an alternative embodiment, the visor body itself is split into two sections which are slidably interfitted to allow them to extend away from one another for providing an increased width visor for added sunblocking capability.

Claims

1. A vehicle visor having an adjustable width comprising:

a pivot rod for attachment to a vehicle for supporting said visor;

a visor body supported by said pivot rod having guide means formed within said body for receiving a slide member;

said slide member movably supported by said guide means; and

a collapsible shield mounted to said slide member for extension and retraction from said visor body with said shield collapsing into said visor body in a stored position and extending from said body with said slide member when in an extended position.

2. The visor as defined in claim 1 wherein said guide means comprises a pair of spaced generally parallel arms extending on opposite sides of a central area of said visor body, and a retainer member holding said shield adjacent a side of said visor such that a central area of the visor body is substantially open for the mounting of accessories thereto.

3. The visor as defined in claim 1 wherein said shield comprises an accordion-folded sheet material.

4. The visor defined in claim 3 wherein said slide member comprises a pair of guide arms and said sheet material includes apertures formed along opposite edges for receiving said arms for supporting said opposite edges of said material.

5. The visor as defined in claim 4 and further including a handle and wherein said arms comprise a pair of circular rods extending from opposite edges of said handle and extend within said guide means of said visor body.

6. The visor as defined in claim 5 wherein said visor body comprises a folded core and said guide means comprises a pair of guide channels integrally formed in one half of said core.

7. The visor as defined in claim 6 and further including stop means extending between said rods and said guide channels.

8. The visor as defined in claim 1 wherein said shield comprises a roll of polymeric material formed to include a memory to roll the material on itself such as said slide member is extended from said visor body and the roll of material unrolls to form a planar sheet and when said slide member retracts within the visor body, the material rolls into a compact package and means for mounting said roll adjacent an edge of said visor body.

9. The visor as defined in claim 8 wherein said mounting means defines a cavity formed in said visor body for captively holding said roll yet allowing said roll to rotate as the material unrolls during extension of said visor shield.

10. The visor as defined in claim 9 wherein said polymeric material comprises Mylar film having a thickness of from about 0.005 to 0.030 inches.

11. A vehicle visor having an adjustable width comprising:

a first body portion having top and bottom edges and opposite ends adapted to be mounted to a vehicle by means of a pivot rod mounting assembly; and

a second body portion having top and bottom edges and opposite ends slidably and telescopically integrally mounted to said first body portion and movable between a retracted position in which opposite ends of said first and second body portions abut and said top and bottom edges are aligned to define a visor having a first width and an extended position in which said ends of said first and second body portions are spaced from one another while said top and bottom edges of said body portions remain aligned to increase the overall width of said visor defined by said first and second body portions.

12. The visor as defined in claim 11 and further including stop means extending between said first and second body portions to prevent their separation as said second body portion is extended from said first body portion.

13. The visor as defined in claim 11 wherein one of said first and second body portions include a base having guide ribs extending along opposite edges thereof.

14. The visor as defined in claim 13 wherein the other of said first and second body portions include a peripheral slot for receiving said ribs of said one body portion for guidably coupling said visor body portions in telescopic relationship to one another.

15. The visor as defined in claim 14 wherein said first and second body portions are made of a lubricious polymeric material.

16. The visor as defined in claim 15 wherein one of said first and second body portions has a diagonal shaped interfacing edge and the other of said first and second body portions has a rectangular edge to maintain an overlapping relationship of said first and second body portions during the extension of said second body portion from said first body portion.

17. The visor as defined in claim 16 wherein said first body portion includes an illuminated vanity mirror package.

18. A vehicle visor having an adjustable width comprising:

a visor body defined by upper and lower edges and side edges with means at the junction of an upper edge and one side edge for mounting said visor to a vehicle, said body having guide means formed within said body for receiving a slide member from an edge of said body opposite said one side edge; and

said slide member being movably supported by said guide means to extend between a retracted position and an extended position increasing the width of said visor wherein said guide means comprises a pair of spaced generally parallel members extending on opposite sides of a central area of said visor body such that the central area of the visor body is substantially open for the mounting of accessories thereto.

19. The visor as defined in claim 18 wherein said slide member comprises a collapsible shield.

20. The visor as defined in claim 19 wherein said shield member comprises an accordion-folded sheet material.

21. The visor as defined in claim 19 wherein said shield comprises a roll of polymeric material formed to include a memory to roll the material on itself such as said slide member is extended from said visor body the roll of material unrolls to form a planar sheet and when said slide member retracts within the visor body, the material rolls into a compact package and means for mounting said roll adjacent an edge of said visor body.

22. The visor as defined in claim 18 wherein said slide member comprises a second body which telescopically engages said visor body.