[arthurus]

Lucas Electric in Britain had intermittent windshield wipers decades before anyone else.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Lucas Electric in Britain had intermittent windshield wipers decades before anyone else.” <<

Yes, even when it wasn’t raining!
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[Steely Tom]

Lucas Electric in Britain had intermittent windshield wipers decades before anyone else.

I must admit that the concept of intermittent windshield wipers seems to me to be just barely north of "non-obvious," if that.

But Kearns made his case, stuck to his guns, and came out a winner. Of course, he lost a lot too, including a wife, apparently.