ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,480, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TRICO BELGIUM S.A. (Aubange, Belgium).
"Windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type" was invented by Xavier Boland (Arlon, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device (1) for...