JPH08108744A - Sun visor for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To expand the usage area of a dressing mirror and enhance a convenience for the use thereof by providing the dressing mirror at a plurality of positions. CONSTITUTION: A sun visor body is formed out of a hollow upper member 30 divided into two upper and lower sections, and a lower member 40. Also, the lower side of the upper member 30 is fitted with a mirror unit 50 extended downward, and the lower member 40 is coupled to the mirror unit 50, so as to come in contact with and part from the upper member 30 through a slide operation. In addition, the surface of the lower member 40 is provided with an outer mirror 44 coming to be adjacent to the inner mirror 51 of the unit 50, upon the slide operation of the lower member 40. As a result, a mirror area can be substantially increased, due to the arrangement of a dressing mirror at a plurality of positions like the inner mirror 51 and the outer mirror 44, and a convenience for use can be substantially enhanced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile sun visor equipped with a cosmetic mirror, and more particularly to an automobile sun visor for improving the usability of the cosmetic mirror.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, a sun visor for automobiles is installed diagonally above the driver's seat side and the passenger's seat side for the purpose of blocking the sun's rays.

In recent years, particularly when a woman is on the passenger side, a sun mirror for automobiles is often used for the purpose of repairing makeup and the like, which is provided with a makeup mirror on the surface of the sun visor body to increase the commercial value. There is a tendency.

An example of this type of sun visor with a makeup mirror will be described by taking Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 106429/1990 as an example. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the sun visor body 1 having a sunshade function has two upper and lower portions. It consists of divided upper member 2 and lower member 3,
The mirror unit 4 is attached to the lower end edge of the upper member 2 so as to extend downward, and the hollow lower member 3 is fitted and inserted into the mirror unit 4 to form the upper member 2
On the other hand, by sliding the lower member 3 in a vertical direction, for example, when the mirror is not used, the upper member 2 and the lower member 3 are joined, and when the mirror is used, the lower member 3 is moved downward. Slide operation to expose the makeup mirror 5 of the mirror unit 4,
The reality is that the makeup mirror 5 is used.

[0005]

As described above, as shown in FIG.
In the sun visor shown in FIG. 11, the mirror unit 4
Since the outer surface of is covered with the lower member 3,
There is a problem in terms of usability such that the size of the mirror unit 4 cannot be set to a large value and the use is limited to a narrow area such as the face of the user.

Further, in the use state of the makeup mirror 5 shown in FIG. 10, since the lower member 3 is slid downward with respect to the upper member 2, the area of the sun visor body 1 becomes too large. , There was a risk of hindering safe driving, such as hindering the visibility of the vehicle.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. In a sun visor for an automobile equipped with a makeup mirror, the makeup mirror is installed at a plurality of places to increase the use area of the makeup mirror. You can
It is an object of the present invention to provide an automobile sun visor with improved usability, such as improving the usability of the makeup mirror and effectively ensuring the driver's driving visibility.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a sun visor for an automobile according to the present invention comprises a sun visor body composed of a hollow upper member and a lower member which are vertically divided into two parts. A mirror unit extending downward is disposed on the lower edge of the lower member, and a lower member that is fitted and inserted into the mirror unit and is joined and separated from the upper member by a sliding operation is installed, while the surface of the lower member is installed. The outer mirror is adjacent to the inner mirror of the mirror unit when the lower member slides.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, when the upper member and the lower member are engaged with each other, the upper member and the lower member are covered with the cover sheet so as to cover the surface of the outer mirror, and the lower member is slid according to the sliding motion. , One end edge of the cover sheet is slid downward so that the outer mirror of the lower member is exposed.

[0010]

[Function] As is apparent from the above configuration, the outer mirror is installed on the surface side of the lower member,
By sliding the lower member downward with respect to the upper member, the inner mirror attached to the mirror unit can be exposed, so the outer mirror and inner mirror greatly expand the mirror area of the cosmetic mirror. It becomes possible to do.

Further, if the angle of the sun visor body is adjusted, the outer mirror can be used as an auxiliary to the rearview mirror, and the rear view can be greatly expanded.

Further, when the cover sheet for covering the outer mirror installed on the lower member is installed, the large mirror does not come into the driver's view when the sun visor is used, and the driver does not feel uncomfortable. The cover sheet can also be used as a ticket holder.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of an automobile sun visor according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of an automobile sun visor according to the present invention. FIGS. 1 and 2 are an external view and a sectional view showing a state in which an upper member and a lower member are joined, 3 and 4 are an external view and a sectional view showing a state in which the upper member and the lower member are separated from each other.

FIGS. 5 to 9 show a second embodiment of an automobile sun visor according to the present invention, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are external views and sectional views showing a non-use state of a mirror, and FIG. 9A and 9B are an external view and a sectional view showing a usage state of the mirror.

First, a first embodiment of an automobile sun visor according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The automobile sun visor 10 according to the present invention is
A sun visor body 20 having a desired light-shielding area is rotatably supported via a rotation shaft 21. As the sun visor body 20, an upper member 30 and a lower member 40, which are vertically divided into two, are further provided. The upper member 30 and the mirror unit 50 housed inside the lower member 40 are generally configured.

Further, the structure of the sun visor body 20 will be described in detail. The upper member 30 includes a core member 31 made of a resin molded body formed in a case shape, a pad member 32 made of polyurethane foam, and the like. The surface of the core member 31 is covered with a skin material 33, which is appropriately selected from a vinyl chloride sheet, a cloth, and the like.
Is formed, and an opening 35 is opened along the lower edge.

The mirror unit 50 is attached so as to extend downward from the lower edge of the upper member 30. The mirror unit 50 has a rear surface of the inner mirror 51 as shown in FIG. The inner mirror 51 is supported by a support plate 52 made of a metal plate or the like, and both sides of the inner mirror 51 are framed by a mirror frame 53 made of a synthetic resin molded body. The lower edge of the upper member 30 is arranged downward from the edge, and the support plate 52 is extended upward and fixed to the mounting boss 34 provided on the inner surface of the upper member 30 via a screw 36. A mirror unit 50 extending downward from is fixed.

On the other hand, the structure of the lower member 40 is basically the same as that of the upper member 30, and the outer surface of the core material 41 made of a hollow resin molding is covered with the pad material 42, and the surface thereof is further covered. In the lower member 40, an outer mirror 44 is provided on the surface side of the core member 41 in the lower member 40 in order to enlarge the mirror area in comparison with the conventional one. It is attached and fixed via an adhesive tape 45.

Therefore, the automobile sun visor 10 according to the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of makeup mirrors 51, 44 such as the inner mirror 51 and the outer mirror 44 are installed.

The rotating shaft 21 inserted into one side edge of the upper member 30 is rotatably supported in a bearing member 37 fixed to the core member 31 of the upper member 30. The sun visor body 20 is configured to be rotatable around the axis of the rotating shaft 21.

As described above, in the automobile sun visor 10 according to the present invention, by disposing the makeup mirrors at a plurality of positions like the inner mirror 51 and the outer mirror 44, the mirror area can be greatly expanded. And has the advantage that the usability can be greatly improved (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the outer mirror 44 can be used even in a state in which the upper member 30 and the lower member 40 are joined to each other. There is no need to slide the lower member 40 for each time, and there is no problem that the driver's traveling vision is impaired.

In addition, by adjusting the angle of the sun visor body 20, it can also be used as an auxiliary to the rearview mirror. In such a case, the rear view can be greatly expanded, which contributes to safe driving. There are also advantages.

If the lower member 40 can be held steplessly with respect to the mirror unit 50,
It is expected that the mirror areas of the cosmetic mirrors 44 and 51 can be arbitrarily set only by adjusting the sliding position of the lower member 40.

Upper member 30 and lower member 40
In order to closely join the members 30 and 40 without forming a gap between them, the mirror frame 53 of the mirror unit 50 is provided with the engagement projection 54, and the inner surface of the core member 41 of the lower member 40 has this engagement. It suffices if a concave portion 46 that engages with the fitting protrusion 54 is provided, and in order to hold the lower member 40 in the state shown in FIGS.
4 is formed, the lower member 40 can be accurately positioned with respect to the mirror unit 50.

Next, a second embodiment of the automobile sun visor 10 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Since the second embodiment is an improvement of the first embodiment, the description of the overlapping parts will be omitted.

In this second embodiment, FIGS.
Shows the non-use state of the mirror, and FIGS. 8 and 9 respectively explain the use state of the mirror.

That is, also in the second embodiment, the sun visor body 20 has the hollow upper member 3 respectively.
0 and the lower member 40, and the mirror unit 50 fitted and housed in the lower member 40 have the same configuration as the first embodiment, but this second embodiment is installed in the lower member 40. The feature is that a band-shaped cover sheet 60 that covers the outer mirror 44 is installed.

In this embodiment, the cover sheet 60 is a PVC resin sheet, and one edge 61 of the cover sheet 60 is fixed near the top of the upper member 30 with an adhesive or the like. After covering the outer mirror 44 along the back surface of the lower member 30 and the back surface of the lower member 40, the outer mirror 44 is covered, and then the other edge portion (free end) 6 of the cover sheet 60.
2 is positioned on the upper edge of the lower member 40.

The lower member 40 is provided with guide rails 47 on both sides of the surface, and when the lower member 40 is slid downward, a cover sheet 60 is provided.
Both sides of will be guided along the guide rails 47.

A winding spring 63 is attached to the free end 62 of the cover sheet 60 to cover the cover sheet 6.
0 is biased so as to cover the surface of the outer mirror 44.

Since the second embodiment according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the outer mirror 44 is covered with the cover sheet 60 as shown in FIG. 5 when the makeup mirror is not used, for example. Since a large mirror does not enter the driver's field of view, safe driving can be expected, and it is also possible to sandwich a ticket etc. in the free end 62 of this cover sheet 60, and it can also be used as a ticket holder. is there.

Next, the sun visor 1 according to the second embodiment.
In order to use the makeup mirror at 0, the lower member 40 can be slid downward with respect to the upper member 30 (direction of arrow in FIG. 8).
The inner mirror 51 that is covered by the outer mirror is exposed, and the outer mirror 44 installed on the surface of the lower member 40 also slides the cover sheet 60 downward, so that the outer mirror 44 is also exposed to expose the inner mirror 51 and the outer mirror. The mirror 44 can secure a wide range of mirror areas and can be effectively used as a makeup mirror.

[0037]

As described above, the automobile sun visor according to the present invention has the following special operational effects.

(1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sun visor body is composed of a hollow upper member and a lower member that are vertically divided into two parts. The lower member accommodates the mirror unit and the lower member. Since the outer mirror is installed on the surface of the member, by installing a plurality of makeup mirrors, the mirror area can be greatly expanded and usability is improved.

(2) According to the invention described in claim 1, since the outer mirror is installed on the surface of the lower member covering the mirror unit, the lower member is slid when the mirror is used as in the conventional case. The outer mirror can be used only by adjusting the angle of the sun visor body, and the operability is improved.

(3) According to the first aspect of the invention, since the outer mirror is installed on the surface of the lower member that houses the mirror unit, if the angle of the sun visor body is adjusted, the function as a rearview mirror can be obtained. Therefore, if it is used as an auxiliary to the existing rearview mirror, there is an effect that the rear view can be greatly expanded and safe driving can be expected.

(4) According to the invention described in claim 1, since the mirror area of the inner mirror can be changed according to the sliding distance of the lower member, an appropriate mirror area can be selected according to the user's request. This has the effect of improving usability.

(5) Since the invention according to claim 2 has a structure in which the outer mirror installed on the surface of the lower member is covered with the cover sheet, the mirror does not enter the driver's field of view and the vehicle can be used while driving. It does not become an obstacle, and when using the makeup mirror, you can slide the lower member downwards to expose the mirror surfaces of the inner and outer mirrors according to the slide distance. An appropriate mirror area can be selected, and the usability is improved.

(6) According to the second aspect of the invention, the outer mirror is covered with the cover sheet covering the outer surface of the sun visor body, and the free end of the cover sheet can be used as a ticket holder. It has the effect of improving usability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a first embodiment of an automobile sun visor according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an external view showing a state in which a lower member is slid downward in the automobile sun visor shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an external view showing a second embodiment of an automobile sun visor according to the present invention.

6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 5;

8 is an external view showing a state in which the lower member is slid downward in the automobile sun visor shown in FIG.

9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an external view of a conventional automobile sun visor.

11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Automotive sun visor 20 Sun visor body 30 Upper member 40 Lower member 44 Outer mirror 50 Mirror unit 51 Inner mirror 60 Cover sheet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sun visor body (20) is composed of a hollow upper member (30) and a lower member (40) which are vertically divided into two parts, and an upper member (30).
A lower mirror member (50) is disposed at the lower edge of the lower member, is fitted into the lower mirror unit (50), and is joined to and separated from the upper member (30) by a sliding operation. While the lower member (40) is installed, on the surface of the lower member (40), when the lower member (40) is slid, the outer mirror (4) adjacent to the inner mirror (51) of the mirror unit (50).
4) The sun visor for automobiles, characterized in that it is installed. 2. The upper member (30) and the lower member (40) are covered by a cover sheet (60) so as to cover the surface of the outer mirror (44) when the upper member (30) and the lower member (40) are engaged with each other. ) And the outer mirror (44) of the lower member (40) according to the sliding movement of the lower member (40).
The sun visor for automobiles according to claim 1, wherein one end edge of the cover sheet (60) is slid downward so as to expose the cover sheet.