Patent ID: 8307838

Claim:
A self-operating windshield wiping apparatus for cleaning a window, said self-operating windshield wiping apparatus comprising: a portable housing having a cavity extending upwardly from an open bottom end thereof, said portable housing further having a curvilinear guide track formed in an outermost wall thereof; a suction cup positioned within said cavity and extending outwardly from said open bottom end; a handle rotatably mated to said portable housing and reciprocated along said curvilinear guide track; a rotating cam situated within said portable housing and mated to said handle; a motor communicatively mated to said rotating cam and thereby causing said rotating cam to rotate along a circular travel path within said cavity; and a wiper blade section coupled to a distal end of said handle and reciprocated with said handle along a first arcuate path as said rotating cam is revolved along said circular travel path; wherein said handle comprises: a pivot pin rotatably anchored to a top end of said portable housing; a rectilinear segment rotatably mated to said pivot pin and radially extending away therefrom, said rectilinear segment terminating adjacent to said curvilinear guide track, said rectilinear segment having a rectilinear slot formed therein and registered parallel to a longitudinal length of said rectilinear segment; and a curvilinear segment integrally formed with said rectilinear segment, said curvilinear segment being oriented along said curvilinear guide track such that said curvilinear segment reciprocates along said curvilinear guide track while said rectilinear segment remains inwardly spaced from said outermost wall of said portable housing.