JP2001294041A - Vehicular sun visor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicular sun visor equipped with a card holder simply having a broad insertion opening by using a reinforcing rib. SOLUTION: A groove-shaped ribs 2 are provided on an upper surface of the sun visor 1, and both ends of sheet are adhered to the grooves to make the card holder 3. Both ends of the card holder 3 are adhered to the reinforcing ribs 2 of the sun visor 1, so that it is not necessary to specially form an installing portion for installing the card holder 3 on the sun visor 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sun visor for a vehicle which is hollowly formed of resin.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sun visor for blocking sunlight from the front is mounted on a ceiling of a passenger compartment of a driver's seat or a passenger seat of a car. The sun visor has a sun visor body rotatably mounted on the ceiling of the vehicle body via a stay, and is stored by rotating toward the ceiling when not in use.

[0003] Since the sun visor is located in a place easily accessible to a driver and a passenger in a passenger seat, a card holder for accommodating various kinds of cards and paper pieces such as highway tickets may be installed. An example in which such a card holder is provided in a sun visor is disclosed in JP-A-10-100673. This publication discloses a technique in which a dual card holder is attached to the sun visor skin by welding.

[0004]

In the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, the sun visor lower surface when the sun visor is housed is often used without using the sun visor in the outer skin covering the outer surface of the sun visor core. Since the card holder is welded to the vehicle, the welded portion is visible to an occupant such as a driver and impairs the appearance.

When a blow molded hollow molded article is used for a sun visor, it is conceivable to form a reinforcing rib to improve the rigidity of the sun visor. In this case, however, the reinforcing rib may impair the appearance of the sun visor. Was.

Further, as a request for a card holder,
Recently, there has been an increasing demand for wide openings to allow easy insertion of wide cards and various cards and tickets.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a sun visor for a vehicle in which a card holder having a wide insertion slot is easily attached using a reinforcing rib.

[0008]

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is directed to a sun visor for a vehicle having a sun visor body which is hollowly formed of resin and a card holder made of a sheet or cloth. The sun visor body has a groove-shaped reinforcing rib extending in a longitudinal direction on an upper surface when the sun visor body is housed on the ceiling side of the vehicle, and the card holder is wound in the width direction of the sun visor body and in the winding direction. Are joined to and fixed to the grooves of the reinforcing ribs, and the card is held between the lower surface of the sun visor main body and the card holder.

Although the sun visor body of the present invention is formed of a hollow resin, the molding method is not particularly limited.
It may be integrally formed by blow molding, or may be formed into a hollow molded body by joining members molded by injection molding or other molding methods.

The resin material may be any material as long as it has sufficient strength as a sun visor and can be molded. From the viewpoint of moldability and recycling, polyethylene resins and polypropylene resins are preferred.

The sun visor body of the present invention can be made lightweight by being hollow, but is provided with reinforcing ribs (hereinafter simply referred to as ribs) to ensure sufficient strength. Here, on the upper surface when the sun visor is stored on the ceiling side,
It has a groove-like rib extending in the longitudinal direction.

In the sun visor body of the present invention, a sheet or cloth is wound in the width direction of the sun visor body to form a card holder for holding a card between the sun visor body and the lower surface of the sun visor body. It is joined and fixed to the groove of the rib. Since the rib is provided on the upper surface of the sun visor body, the sheet or cloth is joined at one end to the groove of the rib, wound from the upper surface to the lower surface and again to the upper surface, and the other end is again joined to the groove of the rib. Fixed. By doing so, the width of the insertion opening of the card holder becomes equal to the width of the sun visor, and a card holder having a very wide insertion opening can be obtained.
A card or a ticket is fixed between the sheet or cloth and the sun visor.

Since the sheet or cloth is wound in the width direction of the sun visor main body, the insertion opening of the card holder is turned sideways, and the card or ticket is inserted from the side. Will not fall.

When the sun visor is stored on the ceiling, the upper surface faces the ceiling and cannot be seen by an occupant. Therefore, at the time of normal storage, the groove of the rib is hidden and the appearance is good. In addition, by providing the rib extending in the longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction that requires the most reinforcement can be reinforced. By forming the groove-shaped rib, it can be easily formed by blow molding. Here, the groove-shaped rib is for reinforcement in which the outer shell forming the hollow molded body is depressed over a certain length, and the certain length is a sufficient length as a sun visor. Any length may be used as long as the strength can be secured. The recess may be in any direction, but is preferably recessed toward the inside of the hollow in order to make the sun visor compact.

The method for joining the groove of the rib and the end of the sheet or cloth may be any method such as bonding or graining.
At the time of molding the sun visor body, it may be put in a mold and bonded.

Both ends of the sheet or cloth may be joined to the same rib or to separate ribs. Since the ribs for reinforcement can be used for mounting the card holder in this manner, it is not necessary to separately form ribs for mounting the card holder.

The sheet referred to here may be any material as long as it has flexibility to deform when inserting a card and strength enough to withstand insertion and removal of the card.
Preferable examples include sheets of polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene and the like. The cloth may be any material as long as it has both flexibility and strength.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present application is characterized in that the mirror is mounted so as to cover the groove of the rib and the both ends of the card holder by supporting the rib. It is a sun visor for vehicles.

Since the mirror covers the ribs and makes it invisible,
The appearance is improved. Usually, a fitting portion for mounting the mirror is separately formed, but in the case of the present invention, a rib portion for reinforcing the sun visor itself can be used as a fitting portion for mounting the mirror. , The structure becomes simple.

The mirror may be fixedly mounted on the frame, or may be fixedly mounted on a mirror having no frame. The mirror and the end of the card holder may be separately fixed to the sun visor body, or both may be simultaneously fixed by fastening together.

[0021]

Since the present invention has the structure as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

The upper surface of the sun visor has a groove-like rib in the longitudinal direction. A card holder made of a sheet or cloth is wound in the width direction, and both ends in the winding direction are joined to the groove of the rib and fixed. Since the card is formed so as to hold the card between the lower surface of the sun visor body and the card holder, a sun visor into which a wide card can be inserted can be provided.

Further, since the mirror is supported by the ribs and covers the grooves of the ribs and both ends of the card holder, the appearance is improved and the structure is simplified.

[0024]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment.
3 and 4 show a second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view in a state where the sun visor of the present invention is stored in a ceiling.

First Embodiment A first embodiment is a sun visor in which a sheet is adhered to two groove-like ribs and a card holder is attached.

FIG. 1A is a top view of the first embodiment. When it is stored on the ceiling side, it faces the ceiling and cannot be seen. Two groove-shaped ribs 2 extend in the longitudinal direction (vehicle width direction) of the sun visor 1. Both ends in the winding direction of a card holder 3 made of a PVC sheet are adhered and fixed to both ribs 2.

FIG. 1B is a bottom view of the first embodiment. A PVC sheet is wound in the width direction of the main body of the sun visor 1 to form a card holder 3 having a card insertion slot 5 in the vehicle width direction on the lower surface side. That is,
The card 4 is inserted between the lower surface of the main body of the sun visor 1 and the card holder 3 to house and hold the card 4. The insertion slot 5 has the same width as the sun visor 1 and can accommodate a wide card 4. Further, since the PVC sheet constituting the card holder 3 contracts, a large number of cards can be stored.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the first embodiment, and FIG.
It is an AA cross section of (A). In this figure, the shape of the groove-like rib 2 can be clearly understood. On the inner side of the hollow state, a reinforcing rib 2 is formed to be recessed in a groove shape. The rib 2 may be formed integrally with the opposing lower surface by further increasing the depth of the groove.

A sheet of polyvinyl chloride is adhered and fixed to the side wall of the rib 2 or the bottom of the groove. The method of fixing may be a method using an adhesive or a method of welding with a high frequency welder or the like.

The sun visor 1 is formed by blow molding. This molding method is as follows. With the two split molds open, the parison of synthetic resin is extruded between them. Then, the mold is closed, air is blown into the parison, and the parison is pressed against the mold cavity surface to be molded.

-Second Embodiment- A second embodiment is a sun visor in which a sheet and a mirror are fitted and fixed in two groove-like ribs.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the second embodiment.
1A is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1A in that the groove-shaped rib 2
And both ends of the card holder 3 are hidden. This improves the appearance of the sun visor 1 during use.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the second embodiment, and FIG.
7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. In the second embodiment, the groove-like rib 2 extends to the lower surface 6 side and is integrated. Then, the mirror 9 and the upper surface 7 of the sun visor 1 are flush with each other.
A fitting portion 11 is provided at the groove-shaped rib 2.

The mirror frame 8 having the mirror 9 is supported by the rib 2. And, it is fixed to the sun visor 1 by a locking claw 10 integrally projecting from the lower surface of the mirror frame 8. Both ends of the card holder 3 are fixed between the lower surface of the mirror frame 8 and the upper end of the rib 2. In order to fix the card holder 3 more securely, the card holder 3 may be adhered in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

The lower surface of the sun visor 1 is the same as in the first embodiment.

The molding method is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the shape of the cavity of the mold is slightly different.

FIG. 5 shows an actual use example of the card holder 3. The card 4 is stored in the card holder 3 of the sun visor 1 attached to the ceiling 12 of the driver's seat. The right side of FIG. 5 is a door window from which the card 4 is delivered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a top view of the first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a bottom view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view in which the sun visor of the present invention is stored on the ceiling side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sun visor 2 Groove rib 3 Card holder 4 Card 5 Card slot 6 Lower surface 7 Upper surface 8 Mirror frame 9 Mirror 10 Locking claw 11 Fitting part 12 Ceiling

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sun visor for a vehicle having a sun visor main body hollowly formed of resin and a card holder made of a sheet or cloth, wherein the sun visor main body is housed in a vehicle compartment ceiling side. The upper surface has a groove-shaped reinforcing rib extending in the longitudinal direction, the card holder is wound in the width direction of the sun visor body, and both ends in the winding direction are joined and fixed to the groove of the reinforcing rib, and the card holder is fixed. Is held between the lower surface of the sun visor body and the card holder. 2. A sun visor for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a mirror is mounted to support said reinforcing rib and to cover a groove of said reinforcing rib and said both ends of a card holder.