Patent ID: 7055207
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
1. A universal wiper adapter for use in connecting a wiper blade assembly to a wiper arm attachment member, said wiper adapter comprising: a pair of sidewalls each including an aperture aligned with respect to each other and a land extending between said sidewalls cooperating to define a channel therebetween; a cantilevered beam extending between said sidewalls in spaced parallel relation to said land, said cantilevered beam including a super-surface cooperating with said sidewalls and said land to define an elongate passage, said channel and said elongate passage cooperating to operatively receive a first hook-type wiper arm attachment member of at least two different sizes, said cantilevered beam further including a sub-surface cooperating with said sidewalls to define an elongate track, said channel and said elongate track cooperating to operatively receive a second hook-type wiper arm attachment member of at least three different sizes and; a substrate extending between said sidewalls in parallel relation to and disposed between said land and said cantilevered beam, said substrate cooperating with said land and said apertures to receive at least two different diameter pin-type wiper arm attachment members and further cooperating with said sidewalls and said land to define an elongate cavity, said substrate including at least one elevated platform disposed therein, wherein said elongate cavity is adapted to operatively receive at least one style bayonet-type wiper arm attachment member and said land further includes a cantilevered deck adapted to move in cantilevered fashion to releasably engage a pin-type wiper arm attachment member that is inserted through said apertures and between said cantilevered deck and said substrate.