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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Pete Holden, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Shane Vorac, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Tom Brookhouse, Zeeland, MI (US);
Vince Boraas, Holland, MI (US);
Pete Holden, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Shane Vorac, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Tom Brookhouse, Zeeland, MI (US);
Vince Boraas, Holland, MI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A removable visor and method for installing a removable visor is provided. The removable visor includes a cover having a slot, a bracket, positioned inside the cover, having a flexible snap configured to be inserted into the slot, an elbow, attached to the bracket through an opening in the cover, an arm extending from the elbow and a visor attached to the arm. The top of the bracket of the assembled visor, having at least one lobe, is inserted through an opening in the interior ceiling of the vehicle. The bracket is rotated inside the cover so that the flexible snap engages the slot and locks the bracket to the cover, wherein the at least one lobe pinches down on the interior ceiling, connecting the removable visor to the interior ceiling.