Patent Abstract:
A vehicle visor cover including a cover with removable strapping with sufficient dimensions to span one side of a vehicle visor and at least one strap configured to releaseably attach to the upper and lower periphery of the cover.

Full Description:
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       BACKGROUND OF INVENTION 
       [0005]    (1) Field of Invention 
         [0006]    The present invention relates generally to visors of vehicles. More particularly, the present invention relates to covers for vehicle visors. 
         [0007]    (2) Background of Invention 
         [0008]    There exist a number of vehicle visor covers that disclose covers for visor installed in/or a vehicle, such as a car, truck or vessel. Typically, the cover is fixed to the visor by making the cover a sleeve or having fixed strapping. Either attachment means must be tailored for the specific visor shape. This in turn requires visor covers to be customized to fit the wide variety of vehicle visors that are on the market. 
         [0009]    The present invention has been developed to alleviate the drawback set forth above and provide further benefits to the user. These enhancements and benefits are described in greater detail herein below with respect to several alternative embodiments of the present invention. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0010]    The present invention in its several disclosed embodiments alleviate the drawbacks and deficiencies described above with respect to conventional vehicle visor covers. The present invention incorporates several additionally beneficial features. 
         [0011]    The present invention is directed to a cover that can be installed on a wide variety of vehicle visors. Another beneficial feature of the present invention is the use of removable straps or covers that can be replaced when worn or faded. 
         [0012]    It is the general object of the present vehicle visor cover invention to provide a cover for use on vehicle visors. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0013]    The invention is described in greater details in the following examples and with reference to the attached drawings, in which: 
           [0014]      FIG. 1  is an isometric view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting straps, strap couplers as hooks and cover couplers as loops. 
           [0015]      FIG. 1 a    is a plan view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting the cover. 
           [0016]      FIG. 2  is a plan view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting the vehicle visor, cover, straps, strap coupler and cover coupler. 
           [0017]      FIG. 2 a    is a detailed view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting the vehicle visor, cover, straps, strap coupler and cover coupler. 
           [0018]      FIG. 3  is an isometric view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting upper and lower cover couplers as hooks with opposing gaps, and strap couplers as loops. 
           [0019]      FIG. 3 a    is a detailed view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting the strap, strap coupler and cover coupler. 
           [0020]      FIG. 4  is an isometric view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting an upper cover coupler as loops, a lower cover coupler as hooks, and a strap with multiple strap couplers as hooks and loops. 
           [0021]      FIG. 5  is an isometric view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting upper and lower cover couplers as hooks, and a strap with multiple strap couplers as loops. 
           [0022]      FIG. 6  is an isometric view of an embodiment of a vehicle visor cover depicting slideably fixed upper and lower cover couplers as loops and straps with strap couplers as hooks. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0023]    As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in various and alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale, some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular components. Therefore, specific structural and function details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ in the present invention. 
         [0024]    The present invention is directed toward a vehicle visor cover  10  that can be easily secured or removed from a vehicle visor  05  with little effort or time by a user. A cover  20  is removeably fixed to a vehicle visor  05  by at least one strap  30  releaseably coupled at each end to the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  of the cover  20 . See  FIGS. 1 and 3-6 . In a preferred embodiment, cover  20  is of sufficient dimensions to span at least a portion of one side of the vehicle visor  05  and position the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  of the cover  20  on the opposite side of the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIG. 2 . In yet another embodiment, the length of cover  20  can be equal to or less than the length of vehicle visor  05 . See  FIG. 1 a   . It is contemplated that cover  20  can be flexible or stiff so long as the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  are in facing opposition of each other on the vehicle visor side that is opposite to the side adjacent to the cover  20 . See  FIG. 2 . It is further contemplated that cover  20  can be positioned on either side of the vehicle visor depending upon the user&#39;s needs. When positioned on the visor  05  side which faces away from the vehicle, words, graphics, lights, decorations, CD holder, accessory holder or a combination thereof can be displayed on cover  20  for others to see. See  FIG. 1 a   . It is further contemplated that visor  20  can be manufactured from plastic, cloth, lightweight metal, composite material or a combination thereof, so long as the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  are in facing opposition of each other on the vehicle visor side opposite to the side adjacent to the cover  20 . See  FIG. 2 . In a preferred embodiment, visor  20  is manufactured from material(s) resistant to deterioration from sunlight. 
         [0025]    At least one strap  30  is connected between the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  to securely hold cover  20  against the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIGS. 1-6 . In a preferred embodiment, two or more straps  30  are releaseably coupled to the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  by strap couplers  40  and cover couplers  50 . See  FIGS. 1 and 3 . In another preferred embodiment, at least one strap  30  with multiple strap couplers  40  is connected between the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  to securely hold cover  20  against the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIGS. 4 and 5 . The strap  30  is of sufficient length that, when stretched, connects to upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24 , resulting in cover  20  being held tightly and securely against the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIG. 2 . It is contemplated that strap  30  can have a cross section that is square, rectangular, arcuate or a combination thereof. It is further contemplated that strap  30  is manufactured from an elastic material such as, but not limited to: rubber, elastic banding, SPANDEX, elastomers and/or a combination thereof. In a preferred embodiment, strap  30  is manufactured from material(s) resistant to deterioration from sunlight. 
         [0026]    The strap couplers  40  fixed to the upper end region  32  and lower end region  34  of strap  30  can be hooks  42 , loops  44  or a combination thereof. See  FIGS. 1 and 3-5 . Similarly, the cover couplers  50  fixed to the upper periphery  22  and lower periphery  24  of cover  20  can be hooks  52 , loops  54  or a combination thereof. See  FIGS. 1 and 3-5 . It is contemplated that hooks and loops can be manufactured from any durable material that is resistant to sunlight deterioration and deformation from a corresponding coupler. 
         [0027]    In a preferred embodiment, strap couplers  40  are hooks  42  at both the upper end region  32  and lower end region  34  of strap  30  and the upper cover coupler  502  and lower cover coupler  504  are a plurality of loops  44 ,  54 . See  FIG. 1 . In yet another embodiment, strap couplers  40  are loops  44  at both the upper end region  32  and lower end region  34  of strap  30  and the upper cover coupler  502  and lower cover coupler  504  are a plurality of hooks  42 ,  52 . See  FIG. 3 . 
         [0028]    In another embodiment, strap couplers  40  on the upper end region  32  are loops  44 , the strap couplers  40  on the lower end region  34  are hooks  42 , the upper cover couplers  502  are a plurality of hooks  52  and the lower cover couplers  504  are a plurality of loops  54 . In yet another embodiment, strap couplers  40  on the upper end region  32  are hooks  42 , the strap couplers  40  on the lower end region  34  are loops  44 , the upper cover couplers  502  are a plurality of loops  54  and the lower cover couplers  504  are a plurality of hooks  52 . See  FIG. 4 . In either of these two preferred embodiments, fixation of strap  30  can only be done in one orientation which can be useful in proper orientation of the cover  20 —especially when text, graphics or lighting are displayed on cover  20 . 
         [0029]    In yet another embodiment, upper cover coupler  502  and lower cover coupler  504  are slideably fixed to their corresponding upper or lower periphery  22 ,  24 . See  FIG. 6 . Slideable fixation of either an upper cover coupler  502  or a lower cover coupler  504  is achieved by fixing a rail  56  to the corresponding periphery  22  or  24 . See  FIG. 6 . At least two cars  58  are slideably fixed to the upper rail  562 . See  FIG. 6 . At least two cars  58  are slideably fixed to the lower rail  564 . See  FIG. 6 . A cover coupler  50  as described above is connected to each car  58  thereby allowing the user to orient strap  30  as desired. 
         [0030]    In those embodiments where the cover couplers  50  are loops  44 , the preferred embodiment is to orient the loops  44  generally parallel to the surface of the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 . In those embodiments where the cover couplers  50  are hooks  42 , the preferred embodiment is to orient the hooks  42  with the hook gaps  422  away from the surface of the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIG. 2 a   . In those embodiments where the cover couplers  50  are hooks  42 , another embodiment is to orient the hooks  42  generally parallel to the surface of the vehicle visor  05 . See  FIG. 5 . In those embodiments where the cover couplers  50  are hooks  42 , yet another embodiment is to orient the hook gaps  422  of the upper periphery opposite to the hook gaps  422  of the lower periphery. See  FIG. 3 . In such an orientation, the unintentional release of a strap  30  is at least reduced. In those embodiments where the strap couplers  40  are loops  44 , the preferred embodiment orients the loops  44  generally parallel to the surface of vehicle visor  05 . See  FIGS. 1 and 4 . Yet, it is contemplated that loops  44  can be orientated generally perpendicular to the surface of vehicle visor  05 . 
         [0031]    A vehicle visor cover  10  and its components have been described herein. These and other variations, which will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, are within the intended scope of this invention as claimed below. As previously stated, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in various forms.

Technology Classification (CPC): 1