Patent ID: 7699169

Claim:
A wiper blade package for a beam-type wiper blade comprising: a plurality of elongate package panels, at least one of which is three dimensionally contoured along a longitudinal extent to substantially conform to at least a portion of an elongate pre-curved beam-type wiper blade; wherein one of the package panels releasably engages the other one of the package panels releasably retaining the beam-type wiper blade therebetween; wherein longitudinally extending side edges of a beam of the beam-type wiper blade are retained captive between the package panels by engagement between the beam and the package panels when the package panels are releasably engaged in a closed position without the package panels contacting a hinged wiping edge of a wiping element of the beam-type wiper blade; and wherein the package panels are constructed and arranged to engage the beam-type wiper blade in a manner that retains the beam-type wiper blade in a substantially straight condition when the package panels are releasably engaged in the closed position.