Method and apparatus for removing standing water from flat and contoured surfaces
AssigneeOne Pass LLC
InventorDonald Varner
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Abstract
A water-wiping apparatus for wiping standing water from a curved surface has a flexible panel of a first height, with an upper long edge of a first length and a lower long edge of a second length, greater than the first length, the upper long edge centered on the length of the lower long edge, a substantially rigid handle having a length substantially equal to the first length attached along the upper long edge, and a lip formed along the lower edge, extending to one side of the flexible panel and ending in a sharp line at the end away from the flexible panel.
Claims12
A water-wiping apparatus for wiping standing water from a curved surface, comprising:
- a flexible panel of a first height, with an upper long edge of a first length and a lower long edge of a second length, greater than the first length, the upper long edge centered on the length of the lower long edge;
- a substantially rigid handle having a length substantially equal to the first length attached along the upper long edge;
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- a lip formed along the lower edge, extending to one side of the flexible panel and ending in a sharp line at the end away from the flexible panel:
- wherein each end of the upper long edge of the flexible panel is joined to the closest end of the lower long edge by a smooth, curved shape, convex relative to the flexible panel in at least a portion, the shape mirrored at each end of the panel.
A blade insert for a water-wiping apparatus comprising:
- a flexible panel of a first height, with an upper long edge of a first length and a lower long edge of a second length, greater than the first length, the upper long edge centered on the length of the lower long edge;
- a handle interface along the upper long edge adapted to join the flexible panel to a rigid handle;
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- a lip formed along the lower edge, extending to one side of the flexible panel and ending in a sharp line at the end away from the flexible panel;
- wherein each end of the upper long edge of the flexible panel is joined to the closest end of the lower long edge by a smooth, curved shape, convex relative to the flexible panel in at least a portion, the shape mirrored at each end of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.