Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Glare screen or visor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-24
2001-08-28
Gordon, Stephen T. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Glare screen or visor
C296S095100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06279984
ABSTRACT:
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the field of vehicles with windshields and shading devices for such and in particular to a shading device for a windshield that will be retractable with in the vehicle and will be of the same structural integrity as the auto.
It is believed that the device will be an advantage over conventional sun visors that are made of cloth and similar materials as this device will be of a structurally sound material and is easier to retract and deploy into the roof of the car by virtue of that construction.
PRIOR ART
While there are automotive sun visors in the prior art none of them is designed to be retractable into the roof or the existing sun visor of an automobile. The use of guideways and the construction of the apparatus of structurally sound materials are believed to be novel and offer advantages over those devices shown in the prior art. Nor are there are any devices that the inventor is aware of that are automatically deployed and retracted upon activation of control buttons located upon the steering wheel and/or column of the auto.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention is a deployable windshield sun visor that is constructed with a structurally sound material such as tinted PLEXIGLAS (sheets of solid transparent, resinous material), or tinted safety glass and is retractable and stored in the roof of the vehicle. The shield is deployed upon the activation of a switch and will then move down upon the windshield to thereby lessen glare and otherwise operate to decrease the brightness of the sun's effects. Guideways or tracks on the side of the windshield will guide the shield so that it move in close connection with the windshield. The guideway will be on the inside of the vehicle in the interior version of the apparatus and the guideways will be on the outside of the vehicle in the exterior version of the apparatus.
The panel or visor may be either on the outside or the inside surface of the windshield and is in close connection to it by virtue of the guideway. The driving means is stored in the roof and may be of a scissors type of variety or perhaps a pair of rods or of another sort. The driving means preferably is powered by a motor and the motor is preferably electric. Optionally the panel may be constructed as a pair of panels so that the driver and passenger may choose whether the panel should be deployed on their side or not.
It is an object of the invention to provide a windshield sun visor for vehicles that can be automatically deployed upon activation of a control located on the driver's steering wheel.
Another object of the invention is to provide a windshield sun visor that has at least a portion of the sun visor constructed of the same or similar structural materials as the automobile and thus can be structurally integrated within the vehicle's frame without denigrating the structural integrity of the vehicle.
Another object of the invention is to provide a windshield sun visor that can be retracted within the confines of the automobile and therefore store it in a non observable location so that it's function will not detract from the aesthetic appearance of the vehicle.
Another object of the intention is to provide a windshield sun visor that can be stored in a location within the roof of the vehicle and thus not increase the effect of drag on the vehicle when the shield is stored and out of use.
Other objectives of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art once the invention has been shown and described.
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patent: 4848827 (1989-07-01), Ou
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Coletta Lori L.
Gordon Stephen T.
Milde Hoffberg & Macklin, LLP
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