Backing strip for windshield wiper
AssigneeAlberee Products, Inc.
InventorAlbert Lee
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Abstract
A backing strip for a windshield wiper assembly includes a pair of rails. Each of the pair of rails includes a body portion and a detent portion. The detent portion includes a cut-out on each side thereof. The cut-outs form at least a pair of hooks on each side of said detent portion. The cut-out on one side of the detent portion of each of said rails is for receiving a claw of the windshield wiper assembly and the hooks on the opposite side of the detent portion of each of the rails are for engaging a windshield wiper blade of the windshield wiper assembly.
Claims6
A windshield wiper assembly, comprising:
- a windshield wiper claw;
- a windshield wiper blade;
- and
- a pair of rails, each of said pair of rails including a body portion and a detent portion, said detent portion including a cut-out on each side thereof, said cut-outs forming at least a pair of hooks on each side of said detent portion, at least a portion of said detent portion being decreased in thickness with respect to said body portion,
- wherein the pair of rails are oriented so that the hooks on one side of the detent portion of a first of the pair of rails extend inwardly from a top of the first rail to engage the windshield wiper blade and the hooks on one side of the detent portion of a second of the pair of rails extend inwardly from a bottom of the second rail to engage the windshield wiper blade.
The windshield wiper assembly according to claim 8, wherein said internal edge is formed at an angle of 85° or less with respect to the longitudinal direction of said body.
A method of manufacturing a rail for a backing strip for a windshield wiper assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
- forming a body member having a generally rectangular cross-section;
- stamping a portion of said body member to form a decreased thickness portion;
- and
- cutting out a portion of said decreased thickness portion to form a detent portion having a cut-out on each side thereof, said cut-outs forming at least a pair of hooks on each side of said detent portion,
- wherein the cut-out on one side of said detent portion is for receiving a claw of the windshield wiper assembly and the hooks on the opposite side of the detent portion is for engaging a windshield wiper blade of the windshield wiper assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.