Patent ID: 6322032
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A base assembly for a windshield sunshade of an automobile having a base unit, a pivot coupler, a sunshade holder, and pivot members combined together, comprising:said base unit having an insertion recess formed in an upper side, a plurality of solid claw members disposed under a bottom side, a curved sidewall disposed at a front side and having an engagement portion formed in a middle portion therein, and a central through hole passing through said engagement portion;said pivot coupler having a pivot base disposed at one end, said pivot base having a central through hole in a middle portion;said sunshade holder housing said pivot coupler and having a curved-up plate;said pivot members pivotally connecting said pivot coupler with said engagement portion of said base unit; and,characterized by said engagement portion of said base unit having a plurality of engagement recesses disposed in two opposite sidewalls of the engagement portion therein;said pivot base of said pivot coupler having a coupling rod disposed at one side, a cavity located in an interior therein and passing through said central through hole of said pivot base and extending to an interior of said coupling rod, two opposite grooves respectively disposed in two opposite sidewalls of said coupling rod, and a spring placed in said cavity;said curved-up plate of said sunshade holder having a coupling housing disposed at one side, a chamber located in an interior of said coupling housing for housing said coupling rod of said pivot coupler, two projecting ridges respectively positioned at two opposite sidewalls of said coupling housing and extending to said curved-up plate and engaged with said engagement recesses of said base, two insertion holes respectively disposed at said two opposite sidewalls of said coupling housing and communicating with said chamber, an insertion block inserted through said two insertion holes of said coupling housing and said two opposite grooves of said coupling rod and adapted to bear against said spring within said cavity of said coupling rod of said pivot coupler; and,whereby said sunshade holder is outwardly pulled to make said insertion block slide in said grooves of said coupling rod with an outward movement of said sunshade holder to compress said spring disposed in said cavity of said pivot coupler, and said two projecting ridges of said sunshade holder can be separated from said two opposite engagement recesses of said base unit to permit said sunshade holder to rotate and adjusted to various angles, and once said sunshade holder is rotated and adjusted to a desired angle, said sunshade holder is released so that said compressed spring pushes said insertion block to its original position and said two opposite projecting ridges of said sunshade holder can be engaged with another two said opposite engagement recesses of said base unit in a new position.