ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,149, issued on Feb. 18.
"System and method for a handheld multi-use curved windshield squeegee" was invented by Andrew J. Battelle (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for curved squeegee apparatus that is usable in a variety of different configurations whereby the apparatus has a squeegee blade, a handle that acts as a cover to the squeegee blade and allows for the squeegee blade to reach extended locations in a parallel orientation with the handle and clean specific areas in a perpendicular position with respect to the handle, and a squeegee channel which has a curved shape causing the blade to have a c...