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Sun visor for infant car seats
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-06-24
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Granted: 1989-08-22
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Expires: 2008-06-24
Abstract
Abstract A sun visor for attachment to infant car seats has a semicylindrical hood which is attached to an elongated mounting arm. The mounting arm is provided with a clamp for securement to an upper frame portion of the infant car seat. In a second embodiment, a pivotal auxilliary side visor, a pull down front shade and a pivotally adjustable telescoping mounting arm is provided. A musical toy may be mounted in the visor for amusement of an infant in the car seat.
Inventors
- 👤 Kimberly Combs-Rose
- 👤 Carl Rose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:55
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B9/00; B62B9/10; B62B9/14; B62B9/142; B62B9/145; A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/62; A47C7/66; B62B9/147; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/71; Y10T403/7129; Y10T403/7141
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A new and improved sun visor for attachment to an infant car seat, comprising: hood means; mounting arm means; connecting means securing said mounting arm means to said hood means; clamp means for securing said mounting arm means to an infant car seat; said clamp means including two semicylindrical clamp body portions; a recessed cylindrical socket formed in one of said clamp body portions; a hexagonal recess formed coaxially within said cylindrical socket; a cylindrical bore extending through each of said clamp body portions in axial alignment; a hexagonal headed threaded fastener extending between said clamp body portions through said cylindrical bores; wing nut in threaded engagement with said fastener for securing said clamp body portions around a frame of an infant car seat; a pair of spaced tabs formed on an upper surface of one of said clamp body portions; and an elongated undercut groove formed in a bottom surface of the other clamp body portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A new and improved sun visor for attachment to an infant car seat, comprising: hood means; mounting arm means; connecting means securing said mounting arm means to said hood means; clamp means for securing said mounting arm means to an infant car seat; said clamp means including two semicylindrical clamp body portions; a recessed cylindrical socket formed in one of said clamp body portions; a hexagonal recess formed coaxially within said cylindrical socket; a cylindrical bore extending through each of said clamp body portions in axial alignment; a hexagonal headed threaded fastener extending between said clamp body portions through said cylindrical bores; wing nut in threaded engagement with said fastener for securing said clamp body portions around a frame of an infant car seat; a pair of spaced tabs formed on an upper surface of one of said clamp body portions; and an elongated undercut groove formed in a bottom surface of the other clamp body portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a retractable front sun shade mounted on said hood means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sun visor of claim 2, further comprising a spring roller mounting said retractable front sun shade within said hood means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a side visor mounted on said hood means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The sun visor of claim 4, further comprising means mounting said side visor on said hood means for pivotal adjustment about two perpendicular axes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein said mounting arm means includes means mounting said hood means for three axis adjustment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein said mounting arm means includes means mounting said hood means for four axis adjustment.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The sun visor of claim 1, wherein said mounting arm means includes means mounting said hood means for five axis adjustment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The sun visor of claim 1, further comprising a music device on said hood means.
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