Windshield wiper blade adapter
AssigneeAlberee Products, Inc.
InventorAlbert LEE
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a wiper blade adapter (200) having a body (100) for receiving a hook-type wiper arm (300) and an adapter cap (1) for locking the hook-type wiper arm (300) to the adapter (200), a first end of the adapter cap (1) is hingedly connected to a body pin (130) of the body (100), and a second end of the adapter cap (1) engages a groove (112, 122) of the body (100) to lock the adapter cap (1) to the body (100) and to the hook-type wiper arm (300).
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A wiper blade adapter, comprising:
- a body configured to receive a hook-type wiper arm;
- and
- a cap configured to lock the hook-type wiper arm to the adapter,
- wherein a first end of the cap is hingedly connected to a body pin of the body, and a second end of the cap engages a groove of the body to lock the cap to the body and to lock the hook-type wiper arm to the adapter, and
- wherein the groove of the body includes:
- a first groove portion extending from a top surface of the body in a first direction;
- and
- a second groove portion extending from the first groove portion in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction.
A wiper blade adapter, comprising:
- a body configured to receive a hook-type wiper arm, the body including a body pin;
- a cap configured to lock the hook-type wiper arm to the adapter, the cap including:
- a cap groove at a first end of the cap hingedly and removably connected to the body pin of the body;
- and
- a spring extending from a second end of the cap, the first end of the cap being opposite to the second end of the cap,
- wherein the spring includes a first end connected to the second end of the cap and a second end,
- wherein the second end of the spring includes a locking bar, and
- wherein locking bar engages a groove of the body in a closed position to lock the cap to the body and to lock the hook-type wiper arm to the adapter.
A method of assembling a hook-type wiper arm to a wiper blade adapter, comprising:
- providing the wiper blade adapter, the wiper blade adapter including:
- a body including:
- a first side wall having a first side wall groove;
- a second side wall having a second side wall groove;
- and
- a pin extending from the first side wall to the second side wall;
- and
- a cap having a first end and a second end, the cap including:
- a cap groove at the first end;
- and
- a spring at the second end, the spring including a locking bar;
- elastically connecting the cap groove of the cap to the pin of the body;
- assembling the hook-type wiper arm to the body with the cap being in an open position, wherein in the open position, the second end of the cap is spaced from the body;
- and
- rotating the cap with respect to the body to a closed position, wherein in the closed position, the locking bar is locked against the first side wall groove and the second side wall groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.