Patent ID: 7617560

Claim:
A collapsible squeegee, comprising: a telescoping handle having a hinged joint at one end; a wiper support attached to the hinged joint to pivot from a closed position with the wiper support substantially parallel to the telescoping handle to an open position with the wiper support substantially perpendicular to the telescoping handle; and a torsion spring around a pivot of the hinged joint for forcing the wiper support from the closed position to the open position; wherein the telescoping handle comprises a grip with one or more telescoping sections coupled in series between the grip at one end and the wiper support at another end and the grip includes a hollow section and the one or more telescoping sections and the wiper support slide inside, are completely surrounded by interior walls of the hollow section of the grip and are held within the hollow section in the closed position by sliding of the one or more telescoping sections and the one or more telescoping sections comprise an interlocking c-channel for providing sliding engagement between the one or more telescoping sections and the hinged joint slides through an open side of the interlocking c-channel to be completely surrounded by the interior walls of the hollow section of the grip and held within the hollow section in the closed position with the one or more telescoping sections and the wiper support.