Adjustable sun visor extender

Claim 1

A sun visor extender comprising in combination: a. first and second panels each having first and second opposed edges, each of said first and second panels having an outer surface and also having an inner pressure surface located adjacent to said second edge thereof, said first and second panels each being of substantially the same size; b. hinging means attached to said first edge of each of said first and second panels and integral with and extending between said first and second panels for hingably connecting said first and second panels together, said hinging means maintaining said first and second edges a predetermined distance apart; c. a plurality of removable spring clips disposed along the outer surfaces of said first and second panels and said hinging means for urging said first and second pressure surfaces, respectively, against opposed outer surfaces of an automobile's sun visor; and d. retaining means for preventing sliding of said spring clips along said outer surfaces of said first and second panels, each of said spring clips including a U-shaped spring metal member having two leg portions which extend along said outer surfaces of said first and second panels, respectively, and a rounded portion joining said two leg portions and extending along an outer surface of said hinging means, each of said leg portions having an inwardly oriented end portion disposed on the free end thereof for engaging said retaining means, each of said U-shaped spring metal members being removable from said sun visor by merely spreading the free ends of the two leg portions of that U-shaped spring metal member apart and away from said retaining means, said first and second panels being composed of plastic, said spring clips being composed of elastic, relatively temperature-insensitive metal.