Patent ID: 6279193
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A windshield wiper assembly comprising a secondary wiper and a windshield wiper, two connectors connecting said secondary wiper to the windshield wiper, such that said secondary wiper is located in front of said windshield wiper relative to a forward moving path of said wiper assembly with a distance existing between said secondary wiper and said windshield wiper;said secondary wiper including a hair holder, multiple parallel lines of hairs provided on a bottom surface of said hair holder extending along a longitudinal direction of said hair holder, and an elongated wiping element provided on the bottom surface of said hair holder and located such that said multiple lines of hairs are between said windshield wiper and said wiping element; andeach of said connectors having an inner end connected to an arched arm of said windshield wiper and an outer end connected to said hair holder of said secondary wiper, such that said multiple lines of hairs have free ends in contact with an outward curved surface of a windshield at a predetermined pressure.