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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1996
Thomas L Welling, Holland, MI (US);
Michael J Suman, Holland, MI (US);
Prince Corporation, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A visor display includes a the visor body having a window to which a display is movably mounted such that the display, when the visor is in one of a raised or lowered use position, is visible through the window and, when the visor is moved to the other of the raised or lowered positions, the display can be moved to be directly visible. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor display includes a display housing movable into a storage pocket in the visor body and movable from a closed position where the display is aligned with a window formed through the visor body to an open position where the display is visible when the visor window is adjacent the vehicle roof. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor window was formed in a vanity mirror in an area of the vanity mirror which is otherwise covered with a reflective material such that the display is viewed through the front surface of the mirror window. In another embodiment, the visor includes a housing for a display which provides a display surface extending to opposite sides of the visor to display information regardless of the visor position.