Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Glare screen or visor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-13
2001-03-13
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Glare screen or visor
C296S097500, C493S143000, C362S135000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06199934
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a cardboard sun visor core having a formed recess for receiving a mirror, and a method of manufacturing the sun visor core.
BACKGROUND ART
A prior sun visor for use with a motor vehicle includes a cardboard core having a die-cut rectangular aperture. A molded plastic backing plate is disposed in the aperture, and is heat staked to the core. Furthermore, the backing plate has a molded recess for receiving a mirror assembly. Such a configuration enables the mirror assembly to be mounted flush with an exterior surface of the sun visor. Because of the multiple manufacturing steps required, however, such a sun visor is time-consuming and costly to manufacture.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,494,789 discloses another sun visor including a molded polymeric core having a recess for receiving a mirror assembly. Such a molded core, however, requires expensive tooling to manufacture, and is, therefore, not practical for low volume production.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art by providing an inexpensive and easy to manufacture sun visor core for use with a vehicle, wherein the core is configured to receive a vanity mirror.
Under the invention, a sun visor core for use with a vehicle includes a cardboard body having a formed recess for receiving a mirror. Advantageously, the recess may be configured so as to enable flush-mounting of the mirror.
Preferably the body includes a plurality of inwardly extending side walls and at least one base portion that cooperate to define the recess. Furthermore, the at least one base portion preferably has at least one opening for receiving a fastening member in order to attach the mirror to the body.
Further under the invention, a sun visor for use with a vehicle includes a cardboard core including first and second body portions that are folded together. One body portion has a formed recess. The sun visor further includes a mirror assembly disposed in the recess, and a cover material that covers at least a portion of the core.
A method according to the invention of manufacturing a sun visor core for use with a vehicle includes positioning a cardboard body between male and female mold sections of a mold; and moving one mold section toward the other mold section to form a recess in the body for receiving a mirror.
The method may further comprise cutting one or more slits in the body prior to the positioning step in order to inhibit creasing and/or tearing of the body when the recess is formed in the body.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention are readily apparent from the following detailed description of the best modes for carrying out the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Brooks & Kushman P.C.
Lear Corporation
Pape Joseph D.
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