Patent ID: 7458628

Claim:
A vehicle sun visor comprising: a visor body; and a support rod disposed on the visor body and arranged and constructed to engage a support hook mounted to a vehicle cabin ceiling; wherein the support rod comprises; a core rod member having a central axis, wherein the core rod member is mounted on the visor body; and an outer sleeve disposed on the outer peripheral side of the core rod member and including a first semi-circular cylindrical sleeve half and a second semi-circular cylindrical sleeve half; wherein each semi-circular cylindrical sleeve half has at least one resilient engaging portion formed integrally therewith and arranged and constructed to resiliently engage with an outer peripheral surface of the core rod member; and wherein the at least one resilient engaging portion of the first semi-circular sleeve half and the at least one resilient engaging portion of the second semi-circular sleeve half engage with the outer peripheral surface of the core rod member independently of each other; wherein each resilient engaging portion has a first engaging claw and a second engaging claw having terminal ends spaced apart from each other; wherein each of the first and second engaging claws is resiliently deformed open and engaged with the outer peripheral surface of the core rod member; wherein each semi-circular cylindrical sleeve half is molded from resin; and wherein the first semi-circular cylindrical sleeve half has the same configuration as the second semi-circular cylindrical sleeve half; wherein each of the first and second engaging claws of each resilient engaging portion has an axial thickness, and wherein the first and the second engaging claws of each resilient engaging portion are axially offset from each other relative to the central axis by a distance corresponding to the axial thickness of the first and second engaging claws.