PROTECTIVE SLEEVE FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER

• US 20110192511A1
• Filed: 02/03/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Charles Marrone
• Original Assignee: William Charles Marrone
• Inventors: Marrone, William Charles
• Application Number:
  US13/020,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20110192511A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 150/166
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/06 for covering only specific parts of the vehicle, e.g. for doors covers or guards for traction couplings, hitches, draw-gear or towing devices B60D1/60; guards for wheels, radiators or bumpers B60R19/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 2001/3843 equipped with removable cover or protective elements

Abstract

A device for preventing the accumulation of frozen precipitation on and around an automobile'"'"'s windshield wipers. The device is defined by an elongated, substantially conical sleeve that is formed of polyester laminate industrial fabric. The sleeve is slid onto the windshield wiper of an automobile in advance of oncoming frozen precipitation. After frozen precipitation has accumulated on the automobile, the precipitation can be cleared from atop the protective sleeve and the sleeve can be removed to expose a clean, precipitation-free windshield wiper. Then windshield wiper can then be employed immediately in a conventional manner for cleaning the windshield of the automobile without being impeded by residual frozen precipitation that could otherwise accumulate on the wiper.

Claims

1. A device for protecting a windshield wiper from external elements, the device comprising a sleeve having an open end and an opposing, closed end.

2. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the open end of the sleeve is larger than the closed end of the sleeve.

3. The device in accordance with claim 2, wherein the sleeve is conical in shape.

4. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sleeve is formed of polyester laminate industrial fabric.

5. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sleeve is formed of rubber.

6. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sleeve is formed of plastic.

7. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sleeve is substantially flattened.

8. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sleeve has a length in a range of about 15 inches to about 50 inches.

9. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the open end of the sleeve has a width in a range of about 1 inch to about 10 inches.

10. The device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the closed end of the sleeve has a width in a range of about 1 inch to about 5 inches.

11. A device for protecting a windshield wiper from external elements, the device comprising a sleeve formed of industrial fabric having an open end and an opposing closed end, wherein the open end is larger than the closed end.

12. A system for protecting a windshield wiper from external elements, the system comprising an elongated sleeve having an open end and an opposing, closed end, the windshield wiper extending through the open end and into a chamber defined by a sleeve sidewall, and at least a portion of the sleeve sidewall is pressed by the wiper arm in the chamber against a windshield, thereby interposing and tightly gripping the sleeve sidewall portion between the windshield wiper and the windshield.

13. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the open end of the sleeve is larger than the closed end of the sleeve.

14. The system in accordance with claim 13, wherein the sleeve is generally conical in shape.

15. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the sleeve is formed of polyester laminate industrial fabric.

16. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the sleeve is formed of rubber.

17. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the sleeve is formed of plastic.

18. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the sleeve has a length in a range of about 5 inches to about 50 inches.

19. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the open end of the sleeve has a width in a range of about 1 inch to about 10 inches.

20. The system in accordance with claim 12, wherein the closed end of the sleeve has a width in a range of about 1 inch to about 5 inches.

21. A device for protecting a windshield wiper from external elements, the device comprising a sleeve formed of polyester laminate industrial fabric having an open end and an opposing closed end, wherein the open end is larger than the closed end, and wherein the windshield wiper extends through the open end and into a cavity defined by the sleeve.