Patent ID: 9139347
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B60S,B65D

Abstract:
1. A reclosable packaging case for a wiper blade comprising: a bottom panel having a wiper blade receiving cavity formed therein that is comprised of a pair of spaced apart elongate sidewalls and an elongate bottom defining an elongate cavity having at least one wiper blade retention finger extending from one sidewall into the cavity, the at least one wiper blade retention finger having a wiper blade entry facilitating surface facing generally away from the cavity bottom and a wiper blade retention surface facing generally toward the cavity bottom, the wiper blade entry facilitating surface is inclined downwardly from an upper portion of the sidewall into the cavity, the wiper blade retention surface extending from the wiper blade facilitating surface to a lower portion of the sidewall adjacent the cavity bottom, and the wiper blade retention surface is curved outwardly (i) toward the cavity bottom, and (ii) toward a wiper blade that is receivable in the cavity enabling the wiper blade to be releasably retained in the cavity; and a top panel comprised of a cover configured to enclose the wiper blade receiving cavity when disposed in a closed position in engagement with the bottom panel; and a hinge pivotally connecting the top and bottom panels: and wherein the cavity comprises (i) an elongate wiper blade body receiving channel defined by the cavity sidewalls and the cavity bottom, and (ii) an elongate wiper blade wiping element receiving channel formed in the cavity bottom that is narrower than the elongate wiper blade receiving channel, the wiper blade wiping element receiving channel having a wiper blade wiping element channel bottom; and wherein the bottom panel further includes at least one recessed area generally transverse to (i) the wiper blade body receiving channel, and (ii) the wiper blade wiping element receiving channel, the at least one recessed area wider than any portion of the wiper blade body receiving channel and having a bottom generally coplanar to the wiper blade wiping element receiving channel bottom.