Patent ID: 8087712
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: B26B,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A deicer comprising a pair of elongated rigid handlebars configured and arranged to spaced apart disposed adjacent the opposite sides of the windshield and configured to extend vertically along the opposite sides of the windshield substantially the full height of the windshield; a plurality of flexible deicing cutting cords constructed to, when the handle bars are spaced the predetermined distance apart on the windshield, project horizontally thereacross and being anchored at their opposite ends to the respective handle bars, the cords having a diameter of substantially ⅛ inch, being spaced vertically apart a distance between ¼ inch and 1 inch, free from one another throughout their horizontal lengths whereby the handle bars may be placed on the windshield spaced apart the predetermined distance on the opposite sides of the windshield to draw the cords relatively tightly to be disposed linearly across the windshield and, in the event of a coat of ice being formed over the windshield, one or the other of the handle bars may be grasped at one end to draw the one end away from the windshield and progressively raise the one end from the windshield to cut through the blanket of ice and progressively cut the individual cords through the blanket of ice thereby breaking up the blanket of ice and leaving the ice susceptible to ready scraping by an ice scraper or the like.