Molded visor with integral vanity frame
View Patent ↗A visor molded with an integral vanity frame. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor body is formed with a Class A grained surface and requires no additional finishing such as upholstery.
1. A vehicle visor molded of a polymeric material having a vanity frame integrally molded therein, said frame comprising:
a recessed housing having inwardly extending side walls and lateral rear housing surface;
at least one aperture in said frame for receiving a hinge means of a vanity door;
a trim ring laterally outward of said rear housing surface;
mirror receiving brackets on said vanity frame inward of said trim ring; and
a second recessed housing for receiving a lighting assembly.
2. The visor as defined in claim 1 wherein said vanity frame further comprising a wire aperture arranged in said second recessed housing.
3. The vehicle visor of claim 1 further comprising:
two generally planar shells combined to form the visor body, each of said shells having at least one inwardly extending rigid rib portion substantially aligning with and overlapping a rib extending from the other of said shells, and
at least one S-clip fastener having retaining barbs fixed to a pair of said overlapping ribs, fastening said shells.
4. The visor of claim 3 further comprising at least one recess on one of said ribs for locating one of said S-clip fastener.
5. A vehicle visor molded of a polymeric material comprising:
two generally planar shells combined to form the visor body, each of said shells having at least one inwardly extending rigid rib substantially aligning with and overlapping a rib extending from the other of said shells, each of said shells having a finished exterior surface without upholstery; and
at least one S-clip fastener having a retaining barb fixed to a pair of overlapping ribs, fastening said shells.
6. The visor of claim 5 further comprising at least one recess on one of said ribs for locating one of said S-clip fastener and said finished exterior surface being a class A surface.
7. The vehicle visor of claim 5 further comprising an integrally molded vanity frame, and
a recessed housing having inwardly extending side walls and lateral rear housing surface.
8. The vehicle visor of claim 6 further comprising an integrally molded vanity frame and;
a recessed housing having inwardly extending side walls and lateral rear housing surface.
9. The visor as defined in claim 8 further comprising a trim ring laterally outward of said rear housing surface.
10. The visor as defined in claim 9 further comprising mirror receiving brackets on said vanity frame inward of said trim ring.
11. The visor as defined in claim 7 wherein said vanity frame further comprises a second recessed housing for receiving a lighting assembly.
12. A vehicle visor, said visor comprising:
an upper shell molded of a polymeric material;
a lower shell molded of a polymeric material, said upper shell and said lower shell having reinforcement ribs on a perimeter thereof, said upper shell having fastening tabs; and
a recessed vanity frame integrally molded within said upper shell, said vanity frame includes an integrally molded trim ring and integrally molded mirror brackets extending from a surface of said trim ring, said vanity frame including a recessed light housing having at least one wiring aperture therein.
13. The visor of claim 12 wherein said upper shell is molded with an exterior surface that has a finished surface without upholstery.
14. The visor of claim 12 wherein said lower shell is molded with an exterior surface that has a finished surface without upholstery.
15. The visor of claim 13 further comprising apertures arranged in said vanity frame.
16. The visor of claim 13 wherein said polymeric material is injection molded.
17. The visor of claim 12 further comprising S-clips received by said fastening tabs to secure said upper shell to said lower shell.
18. The visor of claim 12 wherein said upper and lower shells each comprising a retainer pin recess and arcuate pin receiver molded in a lip of each of said shells.