Patent ID: 6314608
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A wiper blade refill configured to be installed in a wrap-around claw of a wiper blade carrier, the wiper blade refill comprising:a wiper blade having a top portion having a flat underside surface and a neck portion extending downwardly from said underside surface; said neck portion having a wedge-shaped configuration having a width that increases in a direction away from the top portion; anda flexor having top and neck portions that conform substantially in shape to the top and neck portions of the wiper blade respectively, the neck portion of the flexor increasing in width in a direction away from the top portion of the flexor and being substantially adjacent to and coextensive with the neck portion of the wiper blade; and a bumper extending from the neck portion of the wiper blade in underlying relation to the flexor and having an upper surface positioned to confront the flexor during operation of the wiper blade, said upper surface defined by two planar surfaces lying in a common plane.