Windshield wiper and windshield heating combination device
OwnerRoy H. Tobiasinventor
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Abstract
A windshield wiper and windshield heating combination device for resisting ice and snow accumulation includes an arm assembly and a blade attached to the arm assembly. The blade includes a resiliently elastic material. A heating assembly is coupled to the windshield wiper. The heating assembly includes a heating element that is embedded in, or attached to, and generally extends along a length of the blade. An electrical wire is electrically coupled to the heating element. A power supply is electrically coupled to the electrical wire.
Claims1
A windshield wiper heating device removably attached to a windshield wiper, the windshield wiper including an arm assembly and a blade being attached to the arm assembly, the blade being of resiliant, elastic material and having pair of sides leading to a bottom edge, each of the sides having a slot therein, said device comprising:
- a heating assembly being removably coupled to the windshield wiper, said heating assembly including;
- a heating element extending along and adjacent to a length of a first of the slots and in contact with said material, a plurality of clips removably securing said heating element to the blade, each of said clips being elongated and having a first end and a second end, each of said clips having a gripping member attached to said second end for selective engaging said heating element, ends, each of said first and having a terminus positioned in a second of the slots such that each said clip extends over an upper surface of the blade;
- an electrical wire being electrically coupled to said heating element, said electrical wire extending along a length of said arm assembly, a plurality of bands removably securing said electrical wire to the arm assembly;
- a power supply being electrically coupled to said electrical wire;
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- a switch being electrically coupled to said electrical wire for selectively supplying power to said heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.