Patent ID: 8910789
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B60S,B65D

Abstract:
1. A reclosable beam blade wiper blade package in combination with a pre-curved beam blade wiper blade comprising: (a) the pre-curved beam-type wiper blade comprising an elongate pre-curved beam carrying an elongate wiping element; and (b) the reclosable wiper blade package comprising: (1) a cover; (2) a base having a longitudinally extending elongate wiper blade holding cavity that is three dimensionally formed of the base where the wiper blade holding cavity is narrower than the base and configured to receive and releasably retain the pre-curved beam blade wiper blade in place in one of a partially straightened condition and a substantially straightened condition; (3) an elongate hinge interconnecting the package cover to the package base; (4) a rib-and-channel arrangement that extends alongside the hinge when the cover is closed, the rib-and-channel arrangement comprising a rib formed in one of the cover and base and a channel formed in the other one of the cover and base in which the rib removably seats when the cover is closed helping to releasably keep the cover closed; and (5) a plurality of pairs of spaced apart elongate bar snaps longitudinally extending alongside the wiper blade holding cavity on a side opposite the hinge, each elongate bar snap comprising an elongate bar formed in one of the cover and base and a elongate bar-receiving pocket formed in the other one of the cover and base which receives a corresponding elongate bar when the cover is closed helping to releasably keep the cover closed; and wherein each elongate bar is formed of a pair of spaced apart generally planar bar endwalls inclined toward one another between which extend a pair of generally parallel longitudinally extending elongate bar sidewalls; and wherein the plurality of bar snaps define a snap fit closure arrangement that further comprises a plurality of J-shaped rib segments with one of the J-shaped rib segments formed in an end portion of one of the cover and the base and the other one of the J-shaped rib segments form in an opposite end portion of the one of the cover and the base and wherein the snap fit closure further comprises a plurality of J-shaped channel segments each configured to releasably receive a corresponding one of the J-shaped rib segments with one of the J-shaped channel segments formed in an end portion of one of the base and the cover and the other one of the J-shaped channel segments form in an opposite end portion of the one of the base and the cover.