Pivotally mounted vehicle sun visor

Claim 1

A SUN VISOR FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE COMPRISING A FLAT BODY PORTION, SAID BODY PORTION COMPRISING A HOMOGENEOUS CORE OF YIELDABLE CUSHION MATERIAL AND A PLIABLE COVERING, A FLEXIBLE STIFFENING MEMBER IN THE FORM OF A STRIP SECURED TO THE MARGIN OF SAID BODY PORTION, A MOUNTING SHAFT EXTENDING ALONG ONE EDGE OF SAID BODY PORTION, A COIL SPRING RECEIVED OVER SAID SHAFT, ONE END OF SAID COIL SPRING BEING SECURED TO THE MARGIN OF SAID BODY PORTION AT ONE TRANSVERSE EDGE THEREOF AND THE OTHER END OF SAID SPRING BEING SECURED TO THE MARGIN OF SAID BODY PORTION AT THE OPPOSITE TRANSVERSE EDGE THEREOF, THE INDIVIDUAL COILS OF SAID SPRING BEING OF NON-CIRCULAR CROSSSECTION ALTERNATELY OFFSET IN THEIR NORMAL DISASSEMBLED CONDITION WHEREBY SAID COILS ARE STRESSED AFTER ASSEMBLY AND SAID SHAFT IS FRICTIONALLY GRIPPED BY SAID SPRING TO FORM AN ADJUSTABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND SAID BODY PORTION, SAID SHAFT HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLAT SIDES WHEN VIEWED IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION, SAID SHAFT AND SAID SPRING THEREBY PROVIDING A DETENT TO DEFINE TWO OR MORE PREDETERMINED OPERATING POSITIONS FOR SAID VISOR, AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING ONE END OF SAID SHAFT TO A RELATIVELY FIXED VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE.