Patent ID: 7461886

Claim:
A device for providing shading and illumination in a vehicle, the vehicle having a power supply, the device comprising: a frame attached to a slider unit the slider having a housing and a first cap on one end and a second cap on a second end, the housing electrically conductive; the slider unit slidably affixed to an arm, the arm having a first end affixed to a pivot attachment and a second end, the arm an electrically conductive and hollow tube, a wiring connector affixed to the power supply, the wire connector connected to wiring, the wiring having a first lead and a second lead; the first and second lead inserted into the first end of the arm, the second lead extending through the arm to the second end of the arm and attached to a connector, the connector housed within a cavity of a holder, the connector attached to a slider, the slider biased against a floor of the holder by a spring, the housing connected to a terminal, the terminal affixing the second lead to a power consumer having a light source; one end of the first lead attached to the power consumer and the other end of the first lead attached to a connector, the connector attached to an electrically conductive spring and ball, the ball slidably biased against the arm, the arm attached at a terminal to the first lead exiting the first end of the arm and terminating at the wiring connector completing the circuit to the power supply; and whereby, the translation of the frame and slider unit along the arm allows the circuit to be closed providing illumination of the light source or power to the lighted sliding visor from the first position to the second position and positions there between.