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US 2010/0154160 A1Published application
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.
Claims4
A windshield wiper assembly, comprising:
- a windshield wiper claw;
- a windshield wiper blade;
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- 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.