US4411467A
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Foil covering layer for sun visor
Assignee: Johnson Controls Interiors GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1981-02-04
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2001-02-04
Abstract
Abstract The disclosure concerns a sun visor for an automotive vehicle wherein the foamed body of the sun visor is surrounded by a covering layer of flexible, foil material. The sun visor body has a recess defined in it for holding a mirror or the housing that supports the mirror. The section of the covering layer overlapping the recess is more expansible than the remainder of the covering layer. To make this section more expansible, it is punched with holes defining a lattice of the material, and various shapes holes are disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Kurt Cziptschirsch
- 👤 Klaus-Peter Kaiser
- 👤 Gerhard Zwirner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 09:37
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J3/00; B60J3/02; B60J3/0204; B60J3/0278; B60J3/0282; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23; Y10T428/233
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
A sun visor, including a sun visor body having sides, a recess defined in a side of the sun visor body and the recess having side walls of a substantial depth in the visor body for defining the recess; a covering layer of flexible generally less expansible material surrounding the visor body, the material layer including a section thereof which overlaps the recess, which extends into the recess and which is installed in the recess and contacts the walls thereof and means for making the said covering layer more stretchable than the remainder of the covering layer; the overlapping section of the covering layer being therefore more readily expansible than the remainder of the covering layer, for easing the bringing of the layer into contact with the walls of the recess; said layer of material, at least as it extends over the side of the body and including the section extending into the recess in the body, being an integral piece of the material; said visor further comprising means supporting a mirror, the mirror supporting means being shaped with a profile generally corresponding to the profile defined by the recess, and the layer of the material in the recess being between the walls of the recess and the supporting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
210 words
A sun visor, including a sun visor body having sides, a recess defined in a side of the sun visor body and the recess having side walls of a substantial depth in the visor body for defining the recess; a covering layer of flexible generally less expansible material surrounding the visor body, the material layer including a section thereof which overlaps the recess, which extends into the recess and which is installed in the recess and contacts the walls thereof and means for making the said covering layer more stretchable than the remainder of the covering layer; the overlapping section of the covering layer being therefore more readily expansible than the remainder of the covering layer, for easing the bringing of the layer into contact with the walls of the recess; said layer of material, at least as it extends over the side of the body and including the section extending into the recess in the body, being an integral piece of the material; said visor further comprising means supporting a mirror, the mirror supporting means being shaped with a profile generally corresponding to the profile defined by the recess, and the layer of the material in the recess being between the walls of the recess and the supporting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a mirror secured in the recess and being visible at the side of the body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the visor body is comprised of a foamed material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the overlapping section of the covering layer has the form of a lattice of the material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein the covering material comprises holes through the material at the section of the layer and strips of the material extend between the holes and define them.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sun visor of claim 5, wherein the holes through the material at the recess section are of circular cross-section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The sun visor of claim 5, wherein the holes through the material at the recess section are of polygonal cross-section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sun visor of claim 7, wherein the strips of material between the holes have at least a partly zig-zag course.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The sun visor of claim 5, wherein the recess has corners and the holes in the section of the layer that are at the corners of the recess have extensions extending outwardly of the section of the covering material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sun visor of claim 5, wherein the strips of material between the holes have at least a partly zig-zag course.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sun visor of claim 5, wherein the recess section of the covering layer has the form of a lattice of the material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
The sun visor of claim 11, wherein the lattice comprises holes through the material at the section of the layer and strips of the material extend between the holes and define them.
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