Patents by Inventor John Van Sickle

John Van Sickle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4167287
    Abstract: A glare shield whose body is a sheet of transparent glare reducing material is attached to a vehicle sun visor for use as a downward extension thereof by a clip device having opposed arms engaging the lower portion of the visor from below, one of said arms on its lower outer extremity having a transversely extending partially closed channel for receiving and frictionally engaging a hinge pin attached to said body so as to extend above the central upper marginal edge of said body and parallel thereto by which pin the body is fastened to the clip in hinged relationship and may be rotated from a downward extension of the sun visor to an out-of-the-way position folded back against the visor, and may be used as a vertical downward extension of the visor regardless of its tilt, said arms of the clip being adapted to fit all visors in common use regardless of their thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Inventors: Jim M. Franklin, Gary J. Reed, John Van Sickle