Patent ID: 8104136

Claim:
A device for replacing an existing wiper blade assembly having a wiper blade supported upon a frame structure and operatively connected to a wiper arm along a windshield of a vehicle, comprising: a wiper jacket constructed having a bladed edge integrally formed along a bottom of said jacket and a chamber opened along a top edge thereof formed to contain the existing wiper blade assembly, the chamber being further formed having opposed side walls and an angled nesting area along a bottom of the chamber to support the existing wiper blade in fitted engagement; a resilient surface layer disposed along each of the opposed side walls of the chamber of said wiper jacket, each of said surface layers being formed with a common inward profile having a continuous rounded configuration from top to bottom of the chamber to engage the existing wiper blade assembly transversely therebetween; and fastener means operatively connected to said wiper jacket for closing the chamber in sealed engagement about the existing wiper blade assembly.