Patent ID: 7201427

Claim:
A sun visor assembly for a motor vehicle having a headliner and a windshield, comprising: a sun visor having a periphery, said periphery having a top periphery and an opposite bottom periphery; a pivot rod connected to said sun visor substantially adjacent said top periphery, said pivot rod being oriented in parallel relation to said top periphery, wherein said sun visor is pivotal about said pivot rod between a deployed location whereat the sun visor selectively occludes the windshield and a storage location whereat the sun visor is adjacent the headliner; and a source of reading light located at said bottom periphery of said sun visor, wherein said source of reading light comprises at least one reading light which provides only generally focused light which is absent abroad pattern of illumination; wherein said source of reading light comprises: a pair of mutually spaced apart reading lights; and a micro-switch located between said pair of reading lights, wherein said micro-switch is selectively operable to regulate illumination of said pair of reading lights; wherein the reading lights are pointed in a direction parallel to a plane defined by said top and bottom peripheries and directly away from said top periphery.