Patent ID: 7975347

Claim:
A device for removing ice adhered to a vehicle's windshield comprising: a) a hollow housing comprised of a handle portion having upper and lower extremities and a cross-sectional configuration amenable to easy gripping, an interiorly located battery which is re-chargeable by way of 12 volt D.C. current, and an electrical adapter jack interactive with said battery, b) a barrel portion emergent substantially orthogonally from the upper extremity of said handle portion and extending to a forward extremity and containing a motor energized by said battery and having a forwardly directed rotating drive shaft interactive with cam means that change the rotary motion of the drive shaft to reciprocative motion applied to an activation shaft that extends through said forward extremity and terminates in a front end, c) a continuously variable switch within said housing for controlling the amount of power delivered from said battery to said motor, said switch having a spring-biased trigger control arm extending outwardly from said housing adjacent the upper extremity of said handle portion, and d) a scraper component releasibly attachable to the front end of said activation shaft and having a forwardly directed blade terminating in a straight edge configured to contact said windshield in repetitive strokes, whereby e) said edge delivers adjustable impact force to the interface of said ice with said windshield, producing removal of said ice in wide, single pass paths with minimal stress to the hand of the user.