Crotty Corporation

Christopher D Young

Trevor Scott Brown

A sunvisor assembly comprising a mounting assembly and a vehicle visor blade pivotally mounted on a support rod. The mounting assembly attaches the sunvisor assembly to a headliner prior to the installation of the headliner in a vehicle. The mounting assembly also attaches the sunvisor assembly to a roof panel in the vehicle when the headliner and sunvisor assembly are installed in the vehicle. The mounting assembly includes an elbow attachable to the support rod, a mounting bracket, an inner bracket and a camming member. A distal section of the elbow defines an axis about which the visor blade is rotatable and is insertable through a central opening in the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket also includes a laterally extending shroud disposed radially outwardly of the central opening. The inner bracket is attached to the distal section of the elbow and includes retaining members which extend radially outwardly from the inner bracket. The retaining members extend outwardly between axially extending securement members disposed on the mounting bracket. The mounting assembly is attached to the headliner by inserting a distal portion of the mounting assembly including the retaining members through an aperture in the headliner to engage the shroud with the proximal surface of the headliner. The mounting assembly is then rotated relative to the headliner aperture to engage the retaining members with the distal surface of the headliner and thereby attach the mounting assembly to the headliner. The mounting assembly and attached headliner are then installed in a vehicle by inserting the securement members through an aperture in a roof panel in the vehicle. A camming member is operatively disposed between the elbow and the mounting bracket and relative rotation of the elbow and mounting bracket biases the elbow and attached inner bracket in an axially proximal direction relative to the mounting bracket. The inner bracket is engaged with the radially inner surface of the securement members and the proximal axial movement of the inner bracket relative to the mounting bracket biases the securement members radially outwardly and into engagement with the vehicle roof panel.

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Redkey, IN, United States of America

Christopher D Young