Automobile windshield wiper protection device

In an automobile which includes a windshield and a windshield wiper assembly for wiping said windshield, said wiper assembly comprising:

• a wiper blade engaging said windshield of said automobile, said wiper blade being supported by a windshield wiper arm, said arm mounted to said automobile for oscillating said blade over said windshield;
• the improvement comprising;
• a wiper blade protection device for raising the blade so as to be spaced from the windshield when a vehicular ignition means of the automobile is shut off, said protection device comprising a housing mounted on the wiper arm, a DC motor provided in the housing, control means for controlling motor rotation in response to said vehicular ignition means, an elongated telescopic pusher rod mounted to said housing for linear movement, driving means coupling the motor to said pusher rod such that rotation of said motor causes said pusher rod to extend from or retract into the housing depending on motor rotation direction, extension of said pusher rod from said housing causing engagement of said pusher rod with said windshield, thereby raising the wiper arm and moving the wiper blade away from the windshield.