Patent ID: 8127521

Claim:
An equine sun visor assembly for a horse having a head with ears and eyes, the assembly comprising: a sun visor shaped to generally conform to the top of the head and having an opening for each of the ears, including a posterior visor cap portion shaped to generally conform to at least part of the posterior of the head, and an anterior sun visor formed of a substantially opaque material coupled to and extending from the posterior visor cap portion and having a width sufficient to extend laterally across both eyes when in use and a length sufficient to shade the eyes from direct sunlight; and a fore-mask panel coupled to and extending from the posterior visor cap portion between the anterior sun visor and the head when in use and having a width sufficient to extend laterally across both eyes and a length sufficient to cover both eyes, wherein the fore-mask panel and the anterior sun visor are disposed as two layers extending against one another from the posterior visor cap portion.