Twist foldable sun visor for hard hat

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a twist foldable sun visor for hard hat in an unfolded configuration, showing an embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the right side being a mirror image of the left side elevational view;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1; the rear side being a mirror image of the front side elevational view;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view along line VI—VI of FIG. 3, showing only a rim portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the twist foldable sun visor shown in FIG. 1 in a semi-unfolded configuration;

FIG. 8 is perspective view of the twist foldable sun visor shown in FIG. 1 in a folded configuration;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of the twist foldable sun visor shown in FIG. 1, showing a hard hat in phantom;

FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view of the twist foldable sun visor shown in FIG. 1, showing a hard hat in phantom;

FIG. 11 is a top perspective view of a twist foldable sun visor for hard hat in a further embodiment of the present invention, showing an unfolded configuration;

FIG. 12 is a bottom perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the right side being a mirror image of the left side elevational view;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11; the rear side being a mirror image of the front side elevational view;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view along line XVI—XVI of FIG. 13, showing only a rim portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the twist foldable sun visor of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 in a semi-unfolded configuration; and,

FIG. 18 is perspective view of the twist foldable sun visor of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 in a folded configuration.

The broken lines shown immediately adjacent to the rims in the drawings illustrate stitching and form a part of the claimed design. The hard hat shown in broken lines in FIGS. 9 and 10 is only for the purpose of illustrating the environment in which the twist foldable sun visor of the present invention is used, and forms no part of the claimed design.

It is noted that because of the small cross section dimension of the rim portion relative to the overall sun visors as shown in FIGS. 4 and 14, enlarged partial cross sectional views are provided in FIGS. 6 and 16, respectively, to show the details of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 11.

Claims

The ornamental design for a twist foldable sun visor for hard hat, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D617539
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 2, 2009
Date of Patent: Jun 15, 2010
Inventor: Dennis Boles (Newark, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Elizabeth A Albert
Assistant Examiner: Karen E Eldridge Powers
Attorney: Melvin K. Silverman
Application Number: 29/315,529
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D2/893; Element Or Attachment (D29/122)