Patents by Inventor Thurman Moore

Thurman Moore 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).

  • Sun visor with sun screens for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5472255
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sun visor which has a retractable sun screen for a motor vehicle. The sun visor has an expanded width and length and which is foldable for full retraction from the windshield or side window of the vehicle, and has a retractable sun screen which in various embodiments can be retracted by rolling up into the visor, or can be folded and secured in the sun visor in a folded configuration. In either embodiment, the visor has a main panel which can be deployed beside the windshield of a motor vehicle and a second panel which can be deployed beside the front window of the vehicle to afford the driver, or front seat passenger full protection against the sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventor: Thurman Moore
  • Sun visor for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5328135
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sun visor and retractable sun screens for a motor vehicle. The sun visor has an expanded width and length and which is foldable for full retraction from the windshield or side window of the vehicle. Preferably the sun visor is used with retractable sun screens which are contained in holders that are mounted above the windows of the vehicle and which have storage recesses for each sun screen in which are mounted roller bars that support the sun screens. The roller bars can be manually operated, or each can have a motor driven actuator to extend or retract the sun screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventor: Thurman Moore
  • Head liner and retractable window screens for an automobile
    Patent number: 5040839
    Abstract: There is disclosed a retractable sun screen for a motor vehicle. The sun screen can be provided for any or all of the windows of the vehicle and is used in combination with a head liner which has a storage recess for each sun screen. The sun screens can be manually operated. In its most preferred embodiment, however, the operator for the sun screens includes a motor driven actuator to extend or retract the sun screens. The sun screens are formed of thin film plastics, preferably of Mylar.RTM. having thickness from 1 to about 10 mils, preferably from 2 to about 5 mils, which are mounted on rollers that are slidably positioned in roller tracks located in the leadliner of the motor vehicle. The invention also includes a sun visor of expanded width and length which is foldable for full retraction from the windshield or side window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Inventor: Thurman Moore