Latching glare shield

Claim 2

A glare shield of an automotive vehicle sun visor comprising a flat sheet of molded transparent glare reducing plastic having a hinging edge defining an elongated, shallow channel at its center and an opposite parallel edge, a metal hinge pin having ends molded into said sheet at said hinging edge to span the width of said channel, a plastic backing having unitary knuckle means rotatably secured to said hinge pin in said channel and having a snap fastening catch formed thereon opposite said knuckle means for releasable engagement with said opposite parallel edge of said glare reducing plastic sheet to hold said sheet and said backing in face to face disposition, said backing being constructed with a plurality of sockets extending away from said knuckle, and metal spring biased gripping means inserted into said backing and disposed thereon opposite said glare reducing plastic sheet for removably securing said backing to said automotive vehicle sun visor, said gripping means including a plurality of clips, each of which fits into a separate one of said sockets and has retaining means for interacting with the structure of said backing at said sockets to retard the withdrawal of said clips from said sockets.

Claim 3

A glare shield according to claim 1 further characterized in that said sockets are formed with adjacent molded cavities alternatingly defined in opposite sides of said backing to overlap in a direction normal to the alignment of said clips.

Claim 4

A glare shield according to claim 1 further characterized in that said snap fastening catch is unitarily formed with said backing as a transversely extending finger with a widened tip.

Claim 5

A glare shield according to claim 3 further characterized in that said fingertip is rounded, whereby movement of said glare reducing plastic sheet into face to face relationship with said backing cams said fingertip out of the way of said opposite edge of said sheet, to receive said opposite edge with said fingertip capturing said opposite edge of said glare reducing sheet.

Claim 6

A glare shield for an automotive vehicle sun visor comprising a flat sheet of molded transparent glare reducing plastic having a hinging edge defining an elongated, shallow channel at its center and an opposite parallel edge, a metal hinge pin having ends molded into said sheet at said hinging edge to span the width of said channel, a plastic backing having unitary knuckle means rotatably secured to said hinge pin in said channel and having a snap fastening catch formed thereon opposite said knuckle means for releasable engagement with said opposite parallel edge of said glare reducing plastic sheet to hold said sheet and said backing in face to face disposition, said backing being constructed with a plurality of sockets extending away from said knuckle, and metal spring biased gripping means inserted into said backing and disposed therein opposite said glare reducing plastic sheet for removably securing said backing to said automotive vehicle sun visor, said gripping means including a plurality of clips, each of which fits into a separate one of said sockets, said clips being constructed with burrs which interact with the structure of said backing at said sockets to retard the withdrawal of said clips from said sockets.

Claim 7

A glare shield for an automotive vehicle sun visor comprising a flat sheet of molded transparent glare reducing plastic having a hinging edge defining an elongated, shallow channel at its center and an opposite parallel edge, a metal hinge pin having ends molded into said sheet at said hinging edge to span the width of said channel, a plastic backing having unitary knuckle means rotatably secured to said hinge pin in said channel and having a snap fastening catch formed thereon opposite said knuckle means for releasable engagement with said opposite parallel edge of said glare reducing plastic sheet to hold said sheet and said backing in face to face disposition, said backing being constructed with a plurality of sockets extending away from said knuckle, and metal spring biased gripping means inserted into said backing and disposed therein opposite said glare reducing plastic sheet for removably securing said backing to said automotive vehicle sun visor, said gripping means including a plurality of clips, each of which fits into a separate one of said sockets, said clips being constructed with burrs which interact with the structure of said backing at said sockets to retard the withdrawal of said clips from said sockets.

Claim 8

A glare shield according to claim 5 further characterized in that protruding means are defined in the structure of said backing to extend into said sockets, to frictionally engage said clips.

Claim 9

A glare shield according to claim 5 further characterized in that said burrs are stamped out of the structure of said clip to permanently lock against the structure of said backing defining said cavities to prevent the withdrawal of said clips once said clips are inserted into said sockets.