mary anderson invented the windshield wiper in 1917.
when did mary anderson invented the windshield wiper?
1917
bullet::::- 1903 – mary anderson invented windshield wipers. in november 1903 anderson was granted her first patent for an automatic car window cleaning device controlled inside the car, called the windshield wiper. her device consisted of a lever and a swinging arm with a rubber blade. the lever could be operated from inside a vehicle to cause the spring-loaded arm to move back and forth across the windshield. similar devices had been made earlier, but anderson's was the first to be effective.
1900s (decade)
bullet::::- windshield wiper/360 windshield wiper: the rider spins a tailwhip and, while still in the air, spins another tailwhip back the other way. matt sparks was the first rider to do it on a bmx bike in 2006, calling it a windshield wiper. a 360 windshield wiper is when the rider spins a 360 degree rotation while doing a windshield wiper at the same time. james foster did it in 2008 at the jomopro contest in joplin, mo. foster also landed it in the fifth cameron white annual dirt jam. the trick has also been pulled by kyle baldock, alessandro barbero, among others. baldock landed a 360 windshield wiper to late tailwhip at the 2011 salt lake city dew tour. at the dew tour in orlando, fl in 2009, t.j. ellis pulled the world's first windshield wiper backflip.
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