|20090101683||BABY AND TODDLER CARRIER||April, 2009||Gilboa et al.|
|20080173681||Hands Free Camera Carrier||July, 2008||Robinson|
|20070138223||GOLF BAG FOR MOTORCYCLES||June, 2007||Brown|
|20040206795||Backpack having gas mask||October, 2004||Kang|
|20070152003||Swingout portable beverage cooler caddy||July, 2007||Dollar Jr.|
|20080283561||SIDE SEATING INFANT CARRIER||November, 2008||Parness et al.|
|20090014490||Bulletproof Backpack||January, 2009||Bradley|
|20050173479||Baby carrier with a seat whose backrest of which is width-adjustable||August, 2005||Gentil|
|20070210125||Backpack with retractable seat||September, 2007||Grabijas III et al.|
|20060169729||Convertible dual use bag for use with a portable enclosure||August, 2006||Reis|
|20020148870||Transporter for a greensmower and method of using||October, 2002||Zimmerman|
The present invention relates to document holders for sun visors, said documents being tickets, cards or the like.
Sun visors are commonly placed in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. Such sun visors are normally adapted to be turned to a desired position from the retracted position close to the roof lining to the operative position, either along the front windshield or the side window, so as to protect the vision of the vehicle occupants from glares of the sun light and the head lights of the oncoming vehicles at night.
Due to the fact that the sun visor is located near the vehicle occupant, it is commonly equipped with a ticket holder for storing various objects (tickets, cards and the like).
For this purpose, some different inventions are known in the state of the art. Some of them have a very complicated design and need additional fixation elements such as adhesives, screws, dips or welding.
Other known solutions in the state of the art limit the thickness of the object (card, ticket) to a small thickness.
Other solutions are only useful for a specific sun visor design, that is, it is necessary to use a specific ticket holder for each sun visor.
DE 29701047 discloses one ticket clip rigidly fixed to a shorter side of the frame of the mirror. This ensures that tickets can be retained between the clip and the sun visor. The dip may be structurally integral with the mirror frame or, alternatively, may be fixed to the frame.
The solution set forth in the present invention shows a ticket or document holder which avoids the use of additional fixing elements, avoids limit thickness of the objects (papers, tickets, cards and the like) and it is independent from the vanity mirror's frame or cover.
Apart from the advantages mentioned above, due to the simple design of the ticket or document holder, a very simple tool is required to manufacture it (low manufacturing cost).
A first aspect of the invention refers to a document holder configured to be located on a perimeter of interior first housing means for housing an accessory within a sun visor.
The document or ticket holder of the present invention is located in a perimeter of a housing means for an accessory of the sun visor such as a vanity mirror, a lighting module or the like. The document or ticket holder is located in such a way that the document or ticket holder surrounds the portion of the sun visor body corresponding to the housing means for an accessory of the sun visor. The housing perimeter excludes the outer perimeter of the sun visor. The document or ticket holder is accommodated so that one of its sides or tabs is placed on a user's side of the sun visor, while the other side or tab of the ticket holder remains inside the body of the sun visor. Further, the attaching means to ensure the document or ticket holder position on the rear portion of the sun visor are part of the body of the sun visor, thus avoiding adhesives or any other auxiliary joining means.
The document or ticket holder has a substantially U-shaped structure comprising:
The first attaching means can comprise at least one first slot on each side end of the second tab.
Optionally, the first tab has a slope on the rear portion for facilitating insertion of a document.
A second aspect of the invention refers to a sun visor comprising at least one document holder as described above. That is, the document holder is configured to be located on a perimeter of the interior first housing means for housing an accessory within a sun visor. The ticket holder is fixed to an edge of the first housing means, and the perimeter of the first housing means exclude an outer perimeter of the sun visor.
The accessory included in the sun visor can be a vanity mirror housed on the first housing means. The sun visor can also comprise a lighting module on the first housing means. The document holder is configured to be located on an edge of the first housing means so that the document holder surrounds the body of the sun visor and so that the mid portion is in contact with an edge of the first housing means.
A series of drawings helping to better understand the invention will be very briefly described below, which drawings are expressly related to an embodiment of said invention, presented as a non-limiting example thereof.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the ticket holder of the invention.
FIG. 2 shows a ticket holder placed on a sun visor. It is a view from the hidden side of the sun visor.
FIG. 3 shows one of the tabs provided with a little inclination outward in order to facilitate the insertion of objects between the tab and the sun visor's body.
FIG. 4 shows a view of the box configuration where the ticket holder is placed.
FIGS. 5 and 6 show a general view of the sun visor assembly.
FIG. 7 shows a view of the ticket holder mounted on the sun visor.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the document or ticket holder comprises:
Due to its geometry,