Wiping device for interior surfaces of vehicle windshield glass

• US 5,596,787 A
• Filed: 08/08/1995
• Issued: 01/28/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwood L. Stevens, Valinda Houghton
• Original Assignee: Elwood L. Stevens, Valinda Houghton
• Inventors: Houghton, Valinda, Stevens, Elwood L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gerrity, Stephen F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chin, Randall E.
• Application Number:
  US08/512,661
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: 15/144.2, 15/147.1, 15/147.2, 15/220.1, 15/228, 15/231, 15/232
• US Class Current: 15/220.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 1/15 Cloths, sponges, pads, or the like, e.g. containing cleaning agents
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/20 Mops
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/42 Details
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/44 Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 3/008 for interiors of land vehicles

Abstract

A device for cleaning the inside surfaces of vehicle windshield glass. A flat wiping member has an elongate handle secured to pivot simultaneously about a pair of perpendicularly arranged axes. The handle may be rotated into positions parallel to the wiping member, to reach into sharply angled recesses between the glass and dashboard.

Claims

1. A windshield glass scrubbing and wiping device comprising:

a substantially rigid planar wiping head assembly having a forward, glass facing side and an opposite rear side;

an elongate handle means secured biaxially pivotable to the wiping head on the rear side thereof, said handle means comprising;

a sleeve member to which the elongate handle is secured pivotally;

a pair of spaced pivot posts outstanding from the rear side of the wiping head, and means pivotally securing the sleeve member thereto;

wherein

the sleeve member pivots about an axis parallel to the plane of the wiping head; and

the handle pivots in a plane perpendicular to the sleeve pivot axis;

wherein

the handle means is rotatable into a position substantially parallel to and against the wiping head;

wherein the wiping head assembly comprises;

a substantially rigid rearmost plate having a glass facing side and a rearward side;

a layer of resilient material having a glass facing side and a rearwardly facing side, said layer being secured to the glass facing side of the rearmost plate;

a reversible glass wiping material assembly secured to cover the glass facing side of the resilient material, said wiping material assembly comprising;

a pair of sheets of strong scrubbing paper,

a moisture absorbing pad between the pair of sheets of scrubbing paper, wherein

said pair of sheets have matching edge portions thereof extending beyond the pad, said matching portions being adhesively joined together to form flap portions each having a pair of opposite sides each carrying adhesive strips for attachment of the wiping material assembly to the wiping head.

2. The scrubbing and wiping device of claim 1, wherein:

the wiping head comprises five straight edges, two of which converge outwardly to form an outstanding tapering tip.