Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Glare screen or visor
Patent
1996-06-11
1998-02-10
Hoge, Gary C.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Glare screen or visor
B60J 300
Patent
active
057160929
ABSTRACT:
A visor, according to one embodiment, comprises a closed-cell, semi-rigid urethane foam material thermoformed from sheets into a visor core construction with a reinforced backbone mounted along an edge thereof for mounting the visor to a vehicle. The visor is upholstered utilizing an adhesive and scrim laminate and is formed by heating, pressing and cutting to assure the outer upholstery material adheres smoothly to the visor core and provides a trim edge in appearance. According to another embodiment of the invention, a blend of kenaf fibers are employed as the core material, which is laminated with upholstery material as in the first embodiment to complete the visor construction. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a butterfly-type core construction is made of high density kenaf blend and upholstered in a manner employed for other butterfly visor core constructions.
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Binish Patrick W.
Dellinger Thomas J.
Erickson Brian L.
Vanderkuyl Paul T.
Hoge Gary C.
Prince Corporation
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