Package for wiper blade of vehicle

• US 7,258,233 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2003
• Issued: 08/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Byoung-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu; Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): PICKETT, JOHN G
• Application Number:
  US10/725,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20050082185A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,357 Days
• Field of Search: 206461-471, 206/495, 206/335, 206/1.5, 206/766, 206/45.23, 206/736, 206/774, 206/775, 206/776, 220/254.1, 220/254.3, 220/254.7, 220/826, 220831-833, 220/315, 220/834
• US Class Current: 206/470
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2585/6885 wiper blades
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/161 comprising two or more cover sections hinged one to another
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 73/00 Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs B65D85/18 takes precedence

Abstract

This invention relates to a package for packing a wiper blade for a vehicle. The package is constituted of upper and lower cases, in which the upper case is partly opened from and closed again to the lower case. Thus, the package can be conveniently used again.

Claims

1. A package for a wiper blade of a vehicle, the package comprising:

an upper case including an upper section, a lower section and an upper lip extending around the upper section and the lower section; and

a lower case including a lower lip and a receiving space configured to receive a wiper blade, wherein;

the upper and lower sections of the upper case are connected with each other by a hinge;

a portion of the upper lip extending around the lower section of the upper case and a first portion of the lower lip of the lower case are configured to be clamped to each other continuously around the lower section;

a second portion of the lower lip of the lower case is provided with a first clamping groove; and

a portion of the upper lip extending around the upper section of the upper case is provided with a first clamping projection configured to be fitted into the first clamping groove,

wherein the portion of the upper lip extending around the lower section of the upper case is provided with a second clamping projection configured to be fitted into a second clamping groove provided on the portion of the upper lip extending around the upper section of the upper case, and

wherein a protruding portion of the upper lip extending around the upper section of the upper case forms the first clamping projection on one side thereof and the opposite side thereof forms the second clamping groove.

2. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving space of the lower case includes at least one specification holding nose that holds a specification of the wiper blade.

3. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper case is provided with at least one mark that indicates a size.

4. The package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the upper case is provided with at least one mark that indicates a size.

5. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiving space of the lower case contains a wiper blade.

6. The package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the receiving space of the lower case contains a wiper blade.

7. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper case is configured such that the second clamping projection is fitted into the second clamping groove when the upper section is rotated around the hinge so that the upper section overlies and is adjacent to the lower section.

8. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first clamping projection is provided on the portion of the upper lip extending around the upper section of the upper case.