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US 5,611,103 AGranted
Windshield wiper frame connector which accomodates different size wiper arms
OwnerAlbert Leeinventor
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Abstract
A windshield wiper frame connector for use in a windshield wiper assembly for an automobile which accommodates different size wiper arms, wherein the wiper frame connector includes a pair of slots for receiving a pin type wiper arm. The connector also includes a lower space and an upper space for receiving two different sized hook type wiper arms, and includes an angled slot, a hole, and a bayonet lock tongue whereby a bayonet type wiper arm can be easily connected to a windshield wiper blade unit.
Claims11
A windshield wiper frame connector for connecting a wiper blade unit to a wiper arm, comprising:
- an elongated body member defining a longitudinal axis therealong, said body member having a pair of opposing sidewalls, each of said sidewalls having a front wing portion as an extension of said sidewalls, said front wing portions defining opposing inner surfaces;
- a first slot disposed in a lower portion of said body member for rotatably receiving a transverse pin of a wiper blade unit;
- a second slot disposed in said lower portion of said body member adjacent to said first slot for rotatably receiving a pin of a pin type wiper arm;
- a first pair of opposing raised portions disposed on said opposing inner surfaces of said front wing portions of the sidewalls;
- a first pair of stoppers disposed on said opposing inner surfaces of said front wing portions;
- a second pair of stoppers disposed on said first pair of raised portions;
- an upper jam portion disposed on a top portion of said body member for tightly and smoothly receiving a hook type wiper member;
- a lower space disposed in a lower portion of an interior of said body member for tightly receiving outer surfaces of a hook type wiper arm;
- means for locking said hook type wiper arm to said windshield wiper frame connector, said means for locking including a clip member having a substantially straight portion and a substantially curved neck portion, said substantially straight portion being pivotally connected to said pair of opposing sidewalls for movement between an open position and a closed position, said substantially curved neck portion engaging said first pair of stoppers to thereby retain said clip member in said closed position and thereby locking said hook type wiper arm to said windshield wiper frame connector;
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- means for receiving a bayonet type wiper arm disposed in an upper and rear portion of said body member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.