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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert M Gute, Corunna, MI (US);
Assignee:
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 979 ; 24822212 ; 411 45 ; 411344 ;
Abstract
A sun visor retainer assembly (10) adapted for attachment to a header opening (36) in a vehicle header (22) is disclosed. The retainer assembly (10) includes a housing and a retainer pin (46). The housing (44) has a main body (50) with a pin opening (55) therein and at least one flap (58) pivotally connected to the main body (50) by living hinge portion (56). The retaining pin (46) is insertable through the pin opening (53) to pivot the flap (58) into engagement with an outer surface (32) of the header (22) to clamp the flap (58) and the main body (50) against respective outer and inner surfaces (32,34) of the header (22).