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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Huelke, Milan, MI (US);
Phil Joseph Linson, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jim Allen Stec, Brownstown, MI (US);
Justin Lee Healy, Canton, MI (US);
Jeff Todd Baxter, Carleton, MI (US);
John Andrew Stakoe, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Alexander V. Deych, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A check assembly for a visor assembly of a vehicle is coupled with a headliner of a vehicle roof near a center portion of the vehicle, away from the vehicle door or windows. A clip on the check assembly is adapted to secure small lightweight items and deter such items from being exposed to weather or wind conditions near vehicle door windows, a vehicle sunroof, or an exposed top. The visor portion may engage a clasp on the check assembly and operate between deployed and non-deployed positions, whereby the clip of the check assembly may be concealed in the non-deployed position. According to one embodiment, the check assembly includes a resilient clip protruding rearward from a body portion thereof over a depressed area on the headliner for holding a lightweight item therebetween.