Hand-held windshield wiper blade cleaner

A hand-held device for sliding along a windshield wiper blade to remove dirt therefrom, comprising:

• a longitudinally-extending resilient shell made from a material selected from the group consisting of a flexible metal, plastic and rubber and having a hollow cylindrical base with a longitudinal opening extending along its entire length and two legs extending outwardly from each side of the longitudinal opening, each leg having an inner surface and a longitudinally-extending concavity adapted to accommodate and position a user's fingers on opposite sides of the device;
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• two cleaning strips disposed one each on the inner surfaces of each leg and forming a longitudinally-extending V-groove located approximately equidistantly between said two legs and opening facing away from said base, said V-shaped groove having an apex located in the vincinity of the concavity so that a greater compressive force is applied to a tip of the wiper blade, wherein said cleaning strips comprise an upper portion including an open end of the V and a lower portion including the apex, wherein said upper portion comprises brush bristles and said lower portion is made from a material selected from the group consisting of metal wool, cellulose, sponge, plastic, rubber, felt, cloth, compressed paper, and compressed cloth;
• wherein the device is adapted to be grasped with said base adjacent a user's palm and placed over a windshield wiper with the blade being accommodated within the V-shaped groove, said two legs adapted to be squeezed together by a user's fingers and slid longitudinally along the blade so that said cleaning strips are compressed against the blade to abrasively remove dirt therefrom.