Patent ID: 7967266

Claim:
A hook for receiving a journal of a pivoting sun visor of a vehicle, said hook comprising: a body, and within said body, a clip for coupling to said journal and actuating means for actuating said clip, said clip defining a receiving space for receiving said journal and an opening for inserting said journal in said receiving space, said clip comprising a semi-cylindrical wall and two flaps, said wall having a bearing surface for said journal, each said flap having a contact surface extending onwards from said bearing surface, said clip further comprising, at each junction between the bearing surface and the contact surface of a respective one of said flaps, a hinge for pivotally hinging said respective flap with respect to said wall, each said contact surface having an end remote from the respective hinge, said clip having a closed position in which said flaps have come towards each other and in which said contact surfaces and said bearing surface form a bearing for said journal, said clip further having an open position in which the distance separating said ends of said contact surfaces is greater than the distance separating said hinges for freeing of said journal from said receiving space and for insertion of said journal into said receiving space, and the passage of said clip from one to the other of said positions being actuated by said actuating means by pressing of said journal on said wall.