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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Hojnacki, Commerce Twp., MI (US);
Assignee:
Trico Products Corporation, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
15250451 ; 1525044 ;
Abstract
A windshield wiper blade including an elongated, flexible wiper element having a spine and a tip portion for wiping action against a windshield surface. The spine includes at least one elongated reinforcing and retaining vertebra for restraining the wiper element into a desired longitudinal orientation. The vertebra has an elongated body defining a thin, generally rectangular cross-section. The body is formed of a plurality of generally parallel fibers extending longitudinally internally of the body. The fibers are maintained in tension by cured resinous material which defines the exterior dimension of the body.