Snow/Ice Cleaning Tool and Method
AssigneeAllenPro Design LLC
InventorShawn Allen Davis
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Abstract
The present invention is a snow/ice cleaning tool for removing snow or ice or a combination of such from a vehicle windshield for also rotating the wiper arms to a rest position for cleaning and returning the wiper arms to a working position in contact with the windshield. The cleaning tool has an elongated handle having one or more working ends incorporating snow/ice cleaning devices. Connected to the handle and slanting away from the handle axis is a grasping device with an opening therein for grasping the wiper arms. The present invention allows for the user to lift and lower the wiper arms from either side of the vehicle in a manner that is safe and ergonomic, regardless of the direction in which the wiper arms pivot.
Claims19
A snow/ice cleaning tool for a vehicle windshield, said snow/ice cleaning tool comprising:
- an elongated handle, and
- a grasping device, said grasping device located on said elongated handle on one end, a user able to adjust a windshield wiper arm from either side of a vehicle to allow cleaning snow, ice, or a mixture from said windshield and/or about a wiper arm pivot, said grasping device being a C-shaped hook being slanted outward from said one end, and able to grasp the wiper arm wherein said elongated handle is positioned in an essentially parallel manner to said wiper arm, the user being able to lift said wiper arm with said grasping device and move the wiper arm to a rest position from a working position wherein said wiper arm will remain in said rest position until moved therefrom.
A snow/ice cleaning tool for a windshield, said snow/ice cleaning tool comprising:
- an elongated handle, said elongated handle having an end having thereon an ice scraper, and the other end having thereon a brush;
- and
- a grasping device, said grasping device located on said elongated handle on said end with said brush being on the opposite side, a user able to adjust a windshield wiper arm to allow cleaning snow, ice, or a mixture from said windshield and/or about a wiper arm pivot, said grasping device located on said backside of said elongated handle and on an end of said elongated handle to maximize reaching distance, said grasping device being shaped-like a hook and able to grasp the wiper arm wherein said elongated handle is positioned in an essentially parallel manner to said wiper arm, the user being able to lift said wiper arm with said grasping device and move the wiper arm to a rest position from a working position wherein said wiper arm will remain in said rest position until moved therefrom;
- wherein said grasping device comprises:
- a C-shaped hook having an opening on one side;
- said hook mounted at an angle of 45+/−30 degrees from an axis of said elongated handle;
- said hook mounted on the side opposite to a brush if thereon;
- and
- said opening facing to a right side when said brush is vertically oriented downward when the user holds said elongated handle.
A method of removing snow or ice or a mixture thereof from a windshield with a snow/ice cleaning tool comprising the step of:
- placing a hook on said elongated handle about a wiper arm;
- and lifting the wiper arm to a rest position allowing for cleaning around the wiper pivot, and lowering the wiper arm from the rest position after removing snow or ice or a mixture thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.