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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1997
Douglas J Wilson, Ft. Gratiot, MI (US);
Automotive Industries, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A hollow visor is provided which is adapted to receive a mirror and define a track having a pair of split pulley portions forming a pathway. A plurality of doors are provided which are located within the visor and which are movable within the track for selectively moving between an extended position which covers the mirror and a retracted position which uncovers the mirror. A continuous flexible tape extends around the pathway and around the mirror but in concealably spaced relationship with the track so that the flexible tape and the track are concealed from the user's view during operation of the doors. The tape attaches respectively to each of the two mirror doors at locations 180.degree. apart. The tape extends around the pathway and the split pulley portions on opposite sides of the mirror while interconnecting the two doors such that when one door is moved in one direction, the other door moves synchronously in the opposite direction and through the same distance.