Patent ID: 9616854
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60S

Claim:
1. A mounting assembly for mounting a wiper blade to a wiper arm, said mounting assembly comprising: an adaptor adapted to be mounted to the wiper blade, said adaptor including a base wall and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from said base wall, and a plurality of hinge pins extending outwardly from said side walls; and a coupler for connection to the wiper arm, said coupler including a base wall, a plurality of side walls depending from said base wall, and a plurality of openings extending into said side walls to receive said hinge pins to allow said coupler and said adaptor to be connected together; wherein said coupler further includes an aperture extending therethrough, an engaging member disposed in said aperture that cooperates with the wiper arm for releasably engaging the wiper arm, an end portion extending longitudinally from said base wall and said side walls to define an end wall, and at least one raised strip extending longitudinally from said base wall and spaced longitudinally between said aperture and said end wall for abutting the wiper arm; wherein said engaging member includes a cantilevered body and a head disposed at a terminal end of said cantilevered body that cooperates with the wiper arm, and wherein said head includes a raised portion with filleted edges and a ramp, said ramp facing away from said terminal end for cooperating with the wiper arm to move said engaging member downwardly until said engaging member releasably engages the wiper arm.