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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Eric D. Rennie, Spring Lake, MI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A visor extender panel includes a mounting bracket which can snap-fit into a visor body and which includes a hinge structure which allows its positioning between a closed position adjacent and overlying an existing visor body and an extended position extending outwardly and in a plane generally parallel to the plane of the visor to which the extender is attached. In a preferred embodiment, the extender panel includes an integral pivot rod and the mounting bracket includes a bias spring coupled on one side of the mounting bracket and having a hook extending through the mounting bracket and engaging the pivot rod on the extender panel for coupling the extender panel to the mounting bracket and allowing rotation of the extender with respect to the mounting bracket, which, in turn, is snap-fitted to an existing visor panel. In an alternative embodiment, the hinge between the mounting bracket and extender panel can be an over-center, integrally molded hinge.