Patent ID: 6321455
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A windshield remover knife for cutting the adhesive bond securing said windshield to a vehicle, comprising:(b) a straight, elongated rigid shaft portion disposed in a first plane;(b) a straight, rigid neck portion being shorter in length than said shaft portion said neck portion having means for securing a blade within said neck portion so that a length of a cutting edge on said blade extends forward of said neck portion for cutting said adhesive bond, said blade including said cutting edge disposed in a second plane; and,(c) said shaft portion and said neck portion being connected by means for pivoting said neck portion relative to said shaft portion;said pivoting means for connecting said neck portion to said shaft portion adapted to permit said second plane containing said blade including said cutting edge to be coplanar with said first plane containing said shaft portion in a first position and adapted to permit the lateral movement of said shaft portion relative to said neck portion, such that said first plane containing said shaft portion may be displaced from said position, laterally to the left or right of said second plane containing said blade including said cutting edge, such that said second plane is no longer coplanar with said first plane, thereby enabling an operator, utilizing said knife to cut said bond, to adjust said neck portion and therefore said cutting edge of said blade to a curved area of said windshield with said shaft portion extending laterally away from said curved area, wherein said pivoting means comprises at least one projection extending from a first end of said shaft portion and at least a matching slot within a first end of said neck portion, said at least one projection and said at least said matching slot cooperating to form a pivoting connection between said shaft portion and said neck portion when said at least one projection is secured within said at least said matching slot, wherein,said at least one projection and said at least said matching slot are dimensioned complementarily such that they are joined by a friction fit, whereby said at least one projection and said at least said matching slot cooperate to form a frictional, pivoting connection when said at least one projection is friction fitted within said at least said matching slot, and whereinsaid pivoting means further comprises an aligning pin, said at least one projection and said at least said matching slot having apertures therein, said apertures matching up co-axially when said at least one projection is secured within at least said matching slot, so that when said aligning pin is placed within said apertures said shaft portion and said neck portion are secured together in pivotal alignment.