Patent ID: 6361615
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
A method of cleaning insect splatters from a windshield of a vehicle comprising the acts of:preparing an amount of cleaning additive comprising the steps of: combining amounts of anhydrous ammonia, alkoxylated linear alcohols, dry particulate sodium bicarbonate, dry particulate polyvinyl pyrrolidone, dry particulate orange dye, and dry particulate citrus orange scent to form a cleaning additive; wherein said amounts of alkoxylated linear alcohols, dry particulate sodium bicarbonate, dry particulate polyvinyl pyrrolidone, dry particulate orange dye, and dry particulate citrus orange scent are present in about equal %-amounts by weight of the total amount of cleaning additive; molding said cleaning additive into tablets, each tablet having an amount of cleaning additive provided therein, each of said tablets being generally rectangular in shape and having a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein said length of each tablet is between about Â¼ inch and about {fraction (1/2+L )} inch, wherein said width of each tablet is between about Â¼ inch and about Â½ inch, and wherein said thickness of each tablet is about Â¼ inch; dissolving said cleaning additive in an amount of water to form a cleaning solution; providing a windshield wiper washer fluid delivery system in a vehicle having a reservoir for holding a fluid therein and a nozzle in fluid communication with said reservoir for spraying fluid from said reservoir on to a windshield of the vehicle; said cleaning solution being provided in said reservoir; and applying said cleaning solution to the windshield of the vehicle with said windshield wiper washer fluid delivery system; providing at least one windshield wiper on said vehicle; and wiping said windshield with said windshield wiper with said cleaning solution applied on a surface of said windshield such that movement of said windshield wiper across said windshield cleans said surface of said windshield by removing insect splatter present on said surface of said windshield.