Prince Corporation

Paul T VanderKuyl

Brian L Erickson

Patrick W Binish

Thomas J Dellinger

Paul A Pham

Michael E Phillips

A visor body is made of a polymeric material and includes a guide track formed therein for slidably holding an extendable panel comprising a polymeric core shaped to interface with said guide of said visor body. The core is covered by upholstery material to conform to the interior of a vehicle. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the extendable panel is laminated utilizing a PET core, a sheet of film adhesive on opposite sides thereof and upholstery material. In a preferred embodiment also, the guide means of the visor body comprises a pair of opposed facing open channels for receiving the auxiliary panel which has a peripheral edge with a reduced thickness for extending into the channels to allow sliding movement between the fabric-to-plastic interface between the extendable panel and the visor body. Such construction is relatively inexpensive and provides a quiet, smooth sliding visor assembly with an improved finished appearance to the vehicle interior.

Adjustable visor

A visor, according to one embodiment, comprises a closed-cell, semi-rigid urethane foam material thermoformed from sheets into a visor core construction with a reinforced backbone mounted along an edge thereof for mounting the visor to a vehicle. The visor is upholstered utilizing an adhesive and scrim laminate and is formed by heating, pressing and cutting to assure the outer upholstery material adheres smoothly to the visor core and provides a trim edge in appearance. According to another embodiment of the invention, a blend of kenaf fibers are employed as the core material, which is laminated with upholstery material as in the first embodiment to complete the visor construction. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a butterfly-type core construction is made of high density kenaf blend and upholstered in a manner employed for other butterfly visor core constructions.

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Holland, MI, United States of America

Paul T VanderKuyl