Patent ID: 9457769
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B60S

Claim Text:
1. A wiper blade for wiping a windshield of a vehicle, wherein the wiper blade is attached to a distal-end part of a wiper arm which is subjected to swinging drive by a drive source, the wiper blade comprising: a blade rubber formed into a long shape, the blade rubber having a lip part brought into sliding contact with the windshield, a main-body part integral with the lip part, and a neck part connecting the lip part to the main-body part; a rubber holder formed into a long shape, attached to the distal-end part of the wiper arm, and adapted to hold the main-body part of the blade rubber, the rubber holder having a fin part pressing the blade rubber toward the windshield when a wind flows along the windshield while the vehicle is moving; a pair of caps which are respectively attached to longitudinal end parts of the blade holder; and a cover member provided to a bottom part of at least one of the caps, wherein the cover member has three portions which respectively correspond to a front side, a rear side, and an end side of the blade rubber, and which protrude toward the windshield so as to continuously cover the main-body part, the neck part, and one end portion of the front side, the rear side, and the end side of the blade rubber while exposing only the lip part of the blade rubber to the outside, wherein the main-body part and the neck part are covered by the cover member, leaving only the remaining lip part exposed.