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US 5,596,787 AGranted
Wiping device for interior surfaces of vehicle windshield glass
OwnerElwood L. Stevens, Valinda Houghtoninventors
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Abstract
A device for cleaning the inside surfaces of vehicle windshield glass. A flat wiping member has an elongate handle secured to pivot simultaneously about a pair of perpendicularly arranged axes. The handle may be rotated into positions parallel to the wiping member, to reach into sharply angled recesses between the glass and dashboard.
Claims2
A windshield glass scrubbing and wiping device comprising:
- a substantially rigid planar wiping head assembly having a forward, glass facing side and an opposite rear side;
- an elongate handle means secured biaxially pivotable to the wiping head on the rear side thereof, said handle means comprising;
- a sleeve member to which the elongate handle is secured pivotally;
- a pair of spaced pivot posts outstanding from the rear side of the wiping head, and means pivotally securing the sleeve member thereto;
- wherein
- the sleeve member pivots about an axis parallel to the plane of the wiping head;
- and
- the handle pivots in a plane perpendicular to the sleeve pivot axis;
- wherein
- the handle means is rotatable into a position substantially parallel to and against the wiping head;
- wherein the wiping head assembly comprises;
- a substantially rigid rearmost plate having a glass facing side and a rearward side;
- a layer of resilient material having a glass facing side and a rearwardly facing side, said layer being secured to the glass facing side of the rearmost plate;
- a reversible glass wiping material assembly secured to cover the glass facing side of the resilient material, said wiping material assembly comprising;
- a pair of sheets of strong scrubbing paper,
- a moisture absorbing pad between the pair of sheets of scrubbing paper, wherein
- said pair of sheets have matching edge portions thereof extending beyond the pad, said matching portions being adhesively joined together to form flap portions each having a pair of opposite sides each carrying adhesive strips for attachment of the wiping material assembly to the wiping head.
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