Patent ID: 8070209

Claim:
A sun visor assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a generally flat sun visor having corners, a first corner adapted to be rotatably affixed to a first support member, the visor defining a cutout proximate a second corner, the visor having a cylindrical pin coupled to the visor at both ends of the cutout; and a mount adapted to be affixed to a second support member surface and having an arcuate cradle to engage the pin and a first magnet adjacent a pin-engaging surface of the cradle, an opening of the cradle oriented downward and toward a front of the vehicle when affixed to the second support member surface, wherein when the pin is cradled in the mount, the mount engages the pin over less than half of its circumference, and the pin is held in the mount by magnetic attraction between the pin and the first magnet, a retention force provided by the magnetic attraction having a level to allow the pin to disengage forwardly from the cradle when the visor is urged toward the front of the vehicle.