Method and Apparatus for Removing Standing Water from Flat and Contoured Surfaces and Textured and Patterned Surfaces

Abstract

A water-wiping apparatus for wiping standing water from a curved surface has a flexible panel of a first height, with an upper long edge and a lower long edge, a soft, flexible handle attached along the upper long edge, and a lip formed along the lower edge, extending to one side of the flexible panel and ending in a sharp line at the end away from the flexible panel.

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       9 . A method for forming a handle on a water wiper blade insert having an upper long edge with a groove, comprising steps of: 
 (a) placing the blade insert in a mold having a volume in the desired shape of the handle, with the groove in the volume; and    (b) filling the volume with a flexible molding material.    
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9  comprising a further step for placing a stiffening element in the volume before filling the volume with the molding material.