Vehicle exterior sun visor

- Freightliner Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle exterior sun visor in accordance with the present invention, it being understood that the broken lines showing a vehicle are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the vehicle exterior sun visor of the invention, alone;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the vehicle exterior sun visor of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the vehicle exterior sun visor of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a back view of the vehicle exterior sun visor of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the vehicle exterior sun visor of FIG. 2, it being understood that the left side view is a mirror image of the right side view.

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  • Freightliner Heavy-Duty Trucks, FLD 112 Conventional brochure; published 1996 (prior art trucks). Freightliner Business Class brochure; published 1994 (prior art trucks). Photocopy of page from a White GMC brochure (copyright date 1992) showing a prior art truck with a sunvisor). Freightliner Business Class brochure (Copyright 1996) (depicting prior art trucks). Freightliner Heavy-Duty Trucks, FLD 120 Conventional (depicting prior art trucks) .COPYRGT.1996. Freightliner Heavy-Duty Trucks, The Classic XL (depicting prior art trucks) .COPYRGT.1995. Freightliner Business Class FL 112 Conventional brochure (Copyright 1995). Copy of WhiteGMC brochure entitled "WhiteGMC.TM. Tall Integral Sleeper" (Copyright 1992). Copy of page from undated Volvo brochure showing a Volvo truck .COPYRGT.1992.
Patent History
Patent number: D388755
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 16, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 6, 1998
Assignee: Freightliner Corporation (Portland, OR)
Inventors: Ferdinand F. Hellhake (Beaverton, OR), Joachim Paschke (Portland, OR)
Primary Examiner: Melody N. Brown
Law Firm: Klarquist Sparkman Campbell Leigh & Whinston
Application Number: 0/50,614
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Visor Or Attachment Therefor (37) (D12/191)
International Classification: 1216;