Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle window, particularly a side window thereof, includes a sun visor body fastened at its top to a top profiled strip and at its bottom to a bottom support in the form of a spring bar. The bottom support is movable so as to bring the sun visor body from a collapsed non-use position to a spread out use position and vice versa. The visor body is comprised of a series of strips which together define a fan like body. A swing lever is pivoted to one end of the profiled strip and includes a guide web extending along the length of the swing lever. One end region of the bottom support for the visor body is received in a displacable manner along the guide web so that swinging of the swing lever moves the guide web which moves the bottom support to move the visor body between its use and non-use positions. The end of the bottom support away from the swing lever is fixed to the top profiled strip.

Abstract: An outer support bracket for a vehicle sun visor outer support shaft having a body with a fastening pin for installation in an opening in the vehicle body and having two arms which define an insertion opening for the outer support shaft for the visor. A cover cap installable over the fastening pin. Angle levers are positioned on the insertion end of the fastening pin, including a first leg extending for insertion into the opening and a second leg extending outward from the fastening pin, such that upon installation of the fastening pin with the first leg into the opening of the vehicle and upon the second legs contacting the body of the vehicle, the angle levers are pivoted so that the first legs lock the angle lever against removal from the opening while the second legs engage the side of the fastening pin. The cover cap is installed over the second legs to hold the second legs to the fastening pin and hold the fastening pin installed in the body opening.

Abstract: An extendable sun visor, for the window of a motor vehicle, includes a sunshade windable on a rotatable winding shaft to a retracted position and unwindable from the winding shaft to an extended position. Guide rails are at the lateral sides of the sunshade. A gripping strip to be gripped by a user is attached to the free edge of the sunshade and joins the guide rails. A toothed rack is on each guide rail. A toothed wheel on the winding shaft engages each toothed rack. A spring may normally urge the winding shaft to the sunshade retracted position. A brake may slow retraction. A detent sets the extent of the extension of the guide rails.

Abstract: An attachment part for the interior of a vehicle, such as a hand grip (31) or sun visor (33, 37), has a receiving housing (4) adapted to grip over a bearing bracket (6) which is to be fastened to an attachment wall of the vehicle. The attachment part is swingably pivoted on the bearing bracket. In order to obtain a simplified mounting, the bearing bracket (6) is formed with a detent nose (9) which is adapted for passing through an opening (22) in the attachment wall (21) and for engaging behind the edge of the opening. Pivoted to the bearing bracket (6) is a detent lever (12) having an axis of rotation (13) directed parallel to the pivot pin (7).

Abstract: A vehicle sun visor having a body comprised of polypropylene particle foam with a recess in its broad side for receiving a mirror supported in a frame. A series of openings arrayed in the visor body around the periphery of the recess. The frame being an integral plastic injection molding with anchoring pins defined on it at locations corresponding to the openings in the visor body, and the pins being installed in the openings for holding the mirror and frame to the recess. Each of the anchoring pins having a ring like elevation around it which engages in the opening in the visor body.

Abstract: A roof material for motor vehicles includes an upper fabric, a lower fabric and a rubber layer arranged between them. The upper fabric includes polyacrylonitrile warp and filling threads. The warp threads are endless filaments (multifilaments). The upper fabric has a protective, polymeric coating on its top side. The rubber layer includes two rubber layers with an intermediate layer of high-strength material.

Abstract: A vehicle sun visor having a sun-visor body with a sun-visor shaft at a corner. One end region of the shaft is seated in a bearing housing in the sun-visor body and clamped against by a spring. The end region of the sun-visor shaft has as a detent an axial region corresponding to the axial extent of the spring. The sun-visor shaft has three circumferential regions of different diameter over the axial detent region including a flat, and starting from one lengthwise edge of the flat, a circular arc region and, adjoining that, a region which is spirally decreasing in diameter toward the opposite circumferential edge of the flat.

Abstract: A roof rack for vehicles having two rails and support feet bearing the rails. Each rail is developed as a hollow profile with a longitudinal channel which is open on the top and has undercuts. On each rail there is optionally arranged a profiled cover strip which can be detachably anchored in the longitudinal channel and extends over the length of the rail, or a profiled cover strip which extends over a first part of the length of the rail and a profiled support strip which extends over the second part of the length. The profiled support strips are anchored such that they can be swung into a position of use which connects the rails transversely to each other.

Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle has a sun visor body which is provided with both a mirror and a storage compartment. The mirror is inserted into an opening in the sun visor body and is accessible to the user when the sun visor body is in its position of use. The storage compartment is inserted into an opening in the sun visor body and is accessible to the user when the sun visor body is in its position of non-use. The two openings are aligned with each other and pass through the visor body. The storage compartment pivots around a support frame on its side of the visor body. A hinged cover is positioned over the mirror on the other side of the visor body.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a plastic molded part. A plasticized plastic composition is fed to the open mold cavity defined between a lower and an upper mold half. At least one web and perhaps two webs of decorative material to be applied to the molded part extend across the mold cavity. The closing of the mold halves presses the plastic composition against the web or webs. There is at least one two-part clamping frame for resiliently holding the web of decorative material by clamping it outside the mold cavity, so that the web can slip with respect to the composition as the mold halves move together. One clamping frame half is developed with an immersion edge which defines a side edge of the mold cavity and with a cutting plane spaced from the immersion edge a distance sufficient that the frame half also serves as an ejector for the molded part from the mold cavity as the mold halves open apart.

Abstract: A sun visor having a sun-visor body with a stiffening at or close to the edge of the sun-visor body. The sun visor body and stiffening being comprised of polypropylene particle foam, the stiffening being substantially harder and stiffer than the remaining regions of the sun-visor body. A method and an apparatus for the manufacture thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: A mounting shaft for a car visor having a lighting fixture. The mounting shaft includes an inner L-shaped preform and an outer L-shaped supplementary body surrounding it. The preform and the supplementary body are plastic injection-molded parts. Two electric connecting wires and two contact pins are incorporated in the preform. The preform includes an end part to which the contact pins are attached by direct extrusion coating to be connectable to the lighting fixture. Two half shells are integrally formed on the end part and connected to it by two hinge connection. Each half shell includes an open cavity for receiving an electric wire and can be swung together to be fastened with the inclusion of the electric connecting wires.

Abstract: A convertible top includes a canopy arranged below a cover material. The canopy is comprised of a knitted fabric comprising two knitted external webs and a spacing structure disposed between the webs. The spacing structure is formed by a plurality of threads connecting the webs together. The longitudinal edges of the fabric are developed with integrated channels which are without any interposed spacing structure therein, and which receive longitudinal tensioning elements for the canopy. On the top side of the canopy and extending in the transverse direction of the canopy there are provided connecting elements by which the canopy can be fastened to hoops disposed on the cover material by clip mounting.

Abstract: A window shade particularly for use with a motor vehicle window including a shade supported at one edge by a winding shaft and a pull strip located at the other edge of the shade for unwinding the shade from the winding shaft. For guiding the movement of the shade onto and off the winding shaft, a guide device comprised of two pairs of toggle links is provided. Each pair of toggle links is attached by a pivot connection at one end. The opposite end of one toggle link is pivotably attached to a fixed location. The opposite end of the other toggle link is pivotably attached to the pull strip. A strut extends between the pivot locations where the two pairs of toggle link arms are connected. Each toggle link arm is connected to the strut at a main pivot and at a second location and the strut is slotted to receive both connections from each link arm and to permit the toggle links connections to move through an arcuate pathway as the pull strip is moved.

Abstract: A method is described of compacting an anodically produced layer of oxide on parts of aluminum or aluminum alloy. In accordance with the invention, the oxide layer is compacted in two process stages, the parts being pretreated in the first process stage in a solution containing about 6% cobalt fluoride and about 30% nickel fluoride in completely desalinified water at about 30.degree. C. for about 10 minutes and then being treated in a second process stage in completely desalinified water with the addition of a coating inhibitor of about 2 ml/l of triazine derivative at an operating temperature of about 70.degree. C. to the boiling point for about 50 minutes.

Abstract: A sun-visor for motor vehicles having a sun-visor body which consists essentially of recyclable plastic material. A metallic detent spring is held in the sun-visor body and clamps a support shaft which detachably engages into a bearing opening of the sun-visor body. A rail over the top edge of the visor body and a foil covering over the visor body are also of recyclable plastic material.

Abstract: A molding strip, particularly for vehicles, with continuous ends formed thereon. The molding strip is a plastic injection molded part and has an integrated reinforcement which consists of at least one metal strip. The metal strip has a plurality of cut out tongues in rows along one or both lateral edges, and which extend, in whole or in separate regions of the individual tongues, out of the plane of the metal strip. The metal strip can have shaped tongues and unshaped tongues. In a row of tongues which are arranged one behind the other, unshaped tongues alternate with tongues which extend out of the plane of the metal strip at the row of tongues.

Abstract: A hand grip for pivotal attachment to a surface of a body, as on a vehicle. The hand grip has a U-shaped grip body with a web joining two arms. The free end of each arm is attached on a bearing pin. The bearing pin is swingably mounted on a bearing bracket so that the grip pivots around the axis of the bearing pin with respect to the bracket. A torsion spring normally returns the grip to a position of non-use. To prevent excessive impact and resulting noise upon the return movement, a friction brake, consisting of a molding of a wear resistant viscoelastic plastic material, has a bore which receives an axial region of the bearing pin. The bore diameter is smaller than that of the bearing pin or least is of a size that permits relative movement between the molding and the bearing pin while braking the movement of the bearing pin with respect to the bracket, for slowing the return of the grip to the non-use position.

Abstract: A sun visor for motor vehicles has a trough in one large surface which supports a mirror and an illuminating device for the mirror. A swing cover over the trough exposes or hides the mirror. A light transmissive light panel in the trough is connected with the swing cover to selectively be moved over the electric illuminating device in the trough when the cover is opened and to be moved away from the illuminating device when the swing cover is closed down over the light panel. The light panel is swingably attached to the light cover and is slidingly guided in guide slots in the trough to both swing with respect to the trough and to translate with respect to the trough. A switch on the trough is activated by the translation of the light panel to turn on and off the electric illuminating device.

Abstract: A tiltable ashtray, e.g. for motor vehicles, includes an ash receptacle, a support housing for a lighter and a lighter which are removably disposed in a receiving housing that is tiltably pivotally supported in an external frame receivable in a recess. The ash receptacle, receiving housing and lighter can be removed from the receiving housing and replaced with a storage bin. Detachable clip connectors hold those elements in the receiving housing enabling the bin to replace the other elements, and vice-versa. A contact assembly on a circuit board in the receiving housing is connectable to an electrical system. It includes an electrical contact for the cigarette lighter and an additional contact connection to an electric light in the receiving housing.