Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Glare screen or visor
Patent
1998-02-17
1999-10-19
Pedder, Dennis H.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Glare screen or visor
24295, 24607, 24822212, B60J 300
Patent
active
059675896
ABSTRACT:
According to the invention, an aperture is provided in the roof panel including a central opening and a plurality of slot portions radiating outwardly from the central opening and each such slot portion being defined by spaced apart side walls an end wall. The headliner has upper and lower surfaces and an aperture adapted to register with the roof panel aperture. A retention clip of stamped spring steel engages with the upper surface of the headliner and has a central body either a central aperture registering with the headliner. The sun visor has a mounting bracket which engages with the lower surface of the headliner. Screws are installed through the mounting bracket and into the retention clip so that the headliner is captured between the mounting bracket and the retention clip. The retention clip has a plurality of spring legs which radiate from the central body and are bent to project upwardly from the central body and have ends bent backwardly and terminating in a shoulder structure. Upon insertion of the retention clip into the roof panel aperture, the shoulder structure engages with the end walls of the slot portions of the roof panel aperture so that the sun visor and headliner are thereby snap mounted to the roof panel.
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General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Pedder Dennis H.
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