Patent ID: 8393046

Claim:
A rear wiper protector comprising: a sleeve made from a folded sheet of material and having a sleeve interior for enclosing a wiper blade, a wiper arm and wiper motor components; a sleeve length of the sleeve of between 23 and 25 inches; a sleeve width of the sleeve of about 7.5 inches; an open end of the sleeve allowing sliding the sleeve over a rear window wiper and a closed end opposite the open end; a stiffening spine comprising a sewn seam along an inside edge of the sleeve; a cutout on a rear surface of the sleeve at the open end of the sleeve to allow a portion of a front surface of the sleeve opposite the cutout to cover the wiper motor component, the cutout having a width of about 4.5 inches and a depth of about 2.5 inches; a belt sewn to the exterior of the sleeve about 4 inches from the open end and past the cutout and positioned on the sleeve to reside between the wiper blade and the wiper motor components; two front grommets residing through the belt and spaced apart on the front surface of the belt and two rear grommets residing through the belt and spaced apart on the rear surface of the belt, the grommets comprising pressed together two piece plastic grommets; and a drawstring crossing the rear face of the belt between the rear grommets, passing through the rear grommets into the interior of the sleeve, passing through the interior of the sleeve and out of the interior of the sleeve through the front grommets and through a drawstring lock.