Patent ID: 8650702
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. An elongated spring for windshield wipers comprising a resilient rod having a plurality of sections adapted to removably attach to a windshield wiper of an automobile, said rod including a first hook section at one end section thereof; a second hook section located at an opposite end section thereof; an intermediate coiled section attached to and located adjacent and closer to said first hook section than said second hook section; and an elongated connector section defining an axis along its length and connected between said intermediate coiled section and said second hook section; said first hook section is substantially U-shaped and is adapted to removably attach to a drive arm of said windshield wiper, said first hook section includes a proximal arm, a distal arm, and an arcuate bight therebetween, thereby forming its U-shape; and wherein said proximal arm and said distal arm both define axes that are parallel to one another; and wherein said intermediate coiled section defines an axis that is parallel to said axes of said proximal arm and said distal arm of said first hook section; said second hook section having a convoluted U-shape and is adapted to removably attach to a wiper arm of said windshield wiper, wherein said convolution of said U-shape of said second hook section is formed as a distortion of said U-shape in the direction of said axis of said connector section such that the second hook section includes spaced proximal and distal transverse arms with an arcuate bight therebetween to define its U-shape, the distal transverse arm thereof forming a terminal end of the spring wherein the entirety of the distal transverse arm is spaced longitudinally further from the intermediate coiled section along the connector section axis than the entirety of the proximal transverse arm, to thereby increase the ease as to which said spring can be attached and removed from said windshield wiper; and wherein said rod is bent such that said first hook section is adapted to contact and apply pressure upon a first side portion of said drive arm and a second side portion of said drive arm opposite from said first side portion, said second hook section is adapted to be placed and apply pressure upon a first side portion of said wiper arm parallel and in line with said first side portion of said drive arm, and said intermediate coiled section and said connector section are adapted to be placed adjacent to a side portion of said windshield wiper in between said first and second side portions of said drive arm and perpendicular to said first side portion of said wiper arm, such that said spring is adapted to wrap around and attach to windshield wipers having any of a variety of shapes and sizes, and used to increase the pressure between a windshield wiper arm and a windshield of an automobile.