Patent ID: 6290280
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
In combination:a first sun visor for use in a motor vehicle having a front and a side window, said first sun visor having a support arm by which said first sun visor is attached to the motor vehicle so as to be disposed at a location behind the front window of the motor vehicle; andan auxiliary sun visor coupled to the first sun visor and adapted to be moved relative to the first sun visor from the location behind the front window to a new location adjacent the side window of the motor vehicle, whereby said first and auxiliary sun visors cooperate to shield occupants of the motor vehicle from the transmission of sunlight through the front and side windows, said auxiliary sun visor including:a partially transparent panel to reduce the transmission of sunlight entering the motor vehicle through the side window thereof;a bracket by which said transparent panel is detachably coupled to the first sun visor, said bracket having first and second plates and respective clamping receptacles formed in said first and second plates and oppositely aligned with one another to receive therewithin the support arm of the first sun visor, said transparent panel being positioned between said first and second plates at a first end of said bracket;a fastener located through the first and second plates of said bracket to hold said partially transparent panel between said first and second plates at the first end of said bracket; anda rotatable locking knob having a threaded shaft extending through said first and second plates at the opposite end of said bracket, said locking knob being rotated in a first direction by which to cause said first and second plates to be tightened together to thereby apply a clamping pressure against the support arm of the first sun visor within said oppositely aligned clamping receptacles, and said locking knob being rotated in an opposite direction by which to cause said first and second plates to be moved apart to thereby reduce the clamping pressure against the support arm so that said support arm can be removed from said oppositely aligned clamping receptacles to permit said auxiliary sun visor to be detached from the first sun visor.