Patent Application
20170120871
The disclosure relates to cleaning devices and more particularly pertains to a new cleaning device for removing debris from a windshield.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle that has a windshield and a pair of windshield wipers. Each of the windshield wipers includes a wiper blade that is removably coupled to an associated one of the windshield wipers. A pair of abrasive strips is provided. Each of the abrasive strips is attached to the wiper blade of an associated one of the windshield wipers. Thus, each of the abrasive strips frictionally removes debris from the windshield.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The distal edge 20 frictionally engages the windshield 14. The first surface 22 frictionally engages the windshield 14 when each of the windshield wipers 16 travels in a first direction. Thus, the wiper blade 18 removes moisture 24 from the windshield 14. The vehicle 12 may be a passenger vehicle or the like. The wiper blade 18 is comprised of a resiliently deformable material such as rubber. The wiper blade 18 may comprise a wiper blade installed by the vehicle manufacturer or an aftermarket wiper blade.
A pair of abrasive strips 26 is provided. Each of the abrasive strips 26 are attached the wiper blade 18 of an associated one of the windshield wipers 16. Each of the abrasive strips 26 frictionally removes debris 28 from the windshield 14. The debris 28 may comprise dead insects, dirt or other material typically deposited on the windshield 14 when the vehicle 12 is driven.
Each of the abrasive strips 26 has a first surface 30 and a second surface 32. The first surface 30 corresponding to each of the abrasive strips 26 comprises an adhesive layer 34. The second surface 32 of each of the abrasive strips 26 is textured. The adhesive layer 34 corresponding to each of the abrasive strips 26 adhesively engages the first surface 22 of the associated wiper blade 18. Thus, each of the abrasive strips 26 is retained on the associated wiper blade 18. Each of the abrasive strips 26 may be an integral component of the associated wiper blade 18.
Each of the abrasive strips 26 has a lower edge 36. The lower edge 36 of each of the abrasive strips 26 is spaced from the distal edge 20 of the associated wiper blade 18. Thus, the moisture 24 may travel between the lower edge 36 and the windshield 14 when the windshield wipers 16 travel in the first direction. Each of the abrasive strips 26 is coextensive with the associated wiper blade 18. The second surface 32 of each of the abrasive strips 26 frictionally engages the windshield 14 when the windshield wipers 16 travel in the first direction. Thus, the abrasive strips 26 remove the debris 28 from the windshield 14.
In an alternative embodiment 37 as shown in
In use, windshield wipers 16 are turned on when rain falls or when the windshield 14 becomes covered with the debris 28. The abrasive strip 26 on each of the wiper blades 18 frictionally engages the windshield 14 when the windshield wipers 16 travel in the first direction. The abrasive strip 26 on each of the wiper blades 18 does not frictionally engage the windshield 14 when the windshield wipers 16 travel in a second direction.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
