Patent ID: 7334288
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A windshield wiper blade assembly for wiping a windshield, said assembly comprising: an elongated housing, said housing have a longitudinal slit extending therealong; an elongated support enclosed in said housing and mounted for rotation therein, said elongated support is multiply segmented into a sequence of substantially axially aligned adjacent segments, between each adjacent segment there is an included axial space to permit intentional non-axial alignment of the segments to adapt to a curvature of the windshield; an elongated rod extends through the segments and into the housing; a plurality of wiper strips detachably mounted on said support, to said segments, at pre-established positions such that one of said wiper strips may protrude through said slit and beyond said housing to engage said windshield, thereby leaving the remainder of said plurality of strips in a non-engaging position within said housing; wherein rotation of said support moves the engaged wiper strip to a non-engaged position while moving a non-engaged wiper strip to an engaged position.