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For replacement of automotive windshields by aftermarket installers, two mirror image grips have a curved tubular handle which is welded to a sheet metal base with two legs which are at an obtuse angle to one another. The curved handle allows smooth repositioning of an installer\s hands as the large

For replacement of automotive windshields by aftermarket installers, two mirror image grips have a curved tubular handle which is welded to a sheet metal base with two legs which are at an obtuse angle to one another. The curved handle allows smooth repositioning of an installer\s hands as the large windshield is shifted into position on the automobile; the obtuse angle base provides sufficient clearance for the full range of hand positions. Each leg of the sheet metal base is positioned to abut against an installer\s hand during different stages of windshield lifting, i.e. when the windshield is vertical, and when it is inverted and horizontal. The grips are used to lift and position a windshield with a bead of urethane thereon into the pinch weld of the automobile.

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A device for engaging an automobile windshield for aftermarket installation in an automobile, the device comprising; a) a single resilient suction cup having an edge for forming an air tight seal with an automobile windshield; b) a means for extracting the air from between the suction cup and an eng

A device for engaging an automobile windshield for aftermarket installation in an automobile, the device comprising; a) a single resilient suction cup having an edge for forming an air tight seal with an automobile windshield; b) a means for extracting the air from between the suction cup and an engaged automobile windshield to thereby form a differential pressure seal between the cup and the windshield; c) a rigid handle member to which the suction cup is fixed, wherein the handle member has a support plate which extends generally parallel to the cup, and a flange plate which extends upwardly from the cup, wherein the angle defined between the support plate and the flange plate is greater than 90°; and d) a curved tubular handle which extends from the support plate to the flange plate, wherein a volume is defined between the handle and the handle member for the reception therein of the fingers of an installer, and the curvature of the handle thereby permits the repositioning of the fingers of an installer along the handle as the orientation of the device changes with the position of the automobile windshield with respect to the body of the installer in the course of the installation of the windshield.