Patent ID: 8051526
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A covered windshield wiper comprising: a hub; a wiper arm having spaced apart side walls and having a first end and a second end; a pivot pin connecting the first end of the wiper arm to the hub; a replaceable wiper blade removably mounted on the second end of the wiper arm; a pair of abutments coaxial with the pivot pin and spacing the side walls of the wiper arm from the hub; a cover being a one piece molded channel having a u-shaped cross section providing a base wall overlying the entire length of the wiper arm and the wiper blade and laterally spaced side walls depending from the base wall toward the window to cooperate with the base wall to entirely conceal from view both the wiper arm and the wiper blade, and a first closed end encircling and concealing the hub; a hook molded on the base wall and engaging on the second end of the wiper arm; and a pair of snap tabs molded on the cover and reaching into the spacing between the side walls of the wiper arm and the hub to snap onto the pair of abutments and thereby removably attach the cover onto the wiper.