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Rumble Strip for windshield wiper blade

  • US 5,926,905 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1996
  • Issued: 07/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for use in removing snow and ice from a windshield wiper blade adapted to wipe a portion of an outside surface of a windshield, said apparatus comprising:

  • an elongated strip of transparent plastic material of sufficient flexibility to permit its attachment to a curved windshield, said elongated strip of material securable at an edge of such outside surface of such windshield at a position over which such windshield wiper blade will pass when activated, said strip of material having an elongated flange member for attaching it to a windshield with adhesive and an elongated and rounded raised rib portion having a smooth, half-cylindrical outer surface portion centrally disposed over said elongated flange member and sufficiently raised therefrom as to cause such windshield wiper blade to be flexed and bumped as it passes thereover sufficient to dislodge and remove snow and ice adhering to such windshield wiper blade.

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