Patent ID: 7703169

Claim:
A windshield wiper snow removal and deicing device for raising a windshield wiper blade mounted on a wiper arm away from a windshield, upon which the wiper blade is otherwise maintained in abutting contact therewith by a wiper biasing spring connected to the wiper arm, such that the wiper blade falls down and impacts the windshield, the wiper blade defining a wiping plane in which the wiper wipes snow and ice on the windshield in abutting contact therewith, said device comprising: a motor mountable on the wiper arm; a rotating shaft oriented substantially parallel to the wiping plane and rotated by said motor when said motor is actuated; at least one flap member partially, freely rotatably mounted on said rotating shaft and oriented generally radially thereto for selective abutting contact on the windshield; and a motion transmitting member connected to said rotating shaft for imparting rotation, when said motor is actuated, of said rotating shaft to said flap member such that said flap member moves from a horizontal rest position in which said flap member is substantially parallel to the to a vertical working position, said wiper blade passing unobstructed through the wiping plane in contacting engagement with the windshield when said flap member is in said horizontal rest position, and the vertical working position in which said flap member abuttingly engages the windshield and raises the wiper blade thereabove, said motion transmitting member allowing partial free rotation of said flap member from said vertical working position back to said horizontal rest position.