Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Glare screen or visor
Patent
1990-11-07
1992-07-07
Cherry, Johnny D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Glare screen or visor
296 976, 296 979, B60J 300
Patent
active
051277000
ABSTRACT:
A rear view mirror and sun visor assembly for an automotive vehicle is provided which includes an elongated rectangular convex rear view mirror encased in a housing which is mounted to the vehicle in front of the driver's seat. A sun visor flap is hinged at its upper edge with a friction hinge to the lower mirror housing and may be rotated into an extended position to block sun glare or into a horizontal, hidden position behind the housing for storage when not in use. The mirror has spherical curvature with a long radius of curvature and has a horizontal dimension of some two feet, all of which factors produce distortion-free full-view rear vision much superior to the partial rear view with conventional mirrors, as well as an extension of the downward field of view. In addition to the direct swivel mount, two additional mounting arrangements, with successively greater degrees of freedom, permit the mirror to be placed in the optimum position for a particular driver's eyes, for best results. Additional sun visor flaps can be successively friction-hinged to the assembly for a downward extension of sun glare blockage when the sun is low in the sky during driving. The number of additional sun visor flaps can be increased to cover the whole front windshield as a sun shield when the vehicle is parked.
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Joe Betty C.
Joe Tobby F.
Anderson Denton L.
Cherry Johnny D.
Pape Joseph D.
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