Patent ID: 9744946
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60S

Claim:
1. A windscreen wiper device, comprising: a longitudinally extending wiper blade of an elastic material for sealing against a windscreen; a carrier element operatively supporting and biasing said wiper blade into a pre-curved configuration; a connecting assembly including a base which is engaged with at least one of said wiper blade and said carrier element and a joint part which is pivotally connected with said base and is adapted to directly secure with a range of different styles of oscillating wiper arms; said joint part being made as one integral piece and including a main body portion and a nose portion; said main body portion being generally U-shaped in cross-section and extending longitudinally from a front end to a back end and having a top and a pair of sides, a resilient tongue formed into said top and having a button protruding upwardly therefrom for engaging within an opening of a bayonet-style wiper arm; said nose portion being hingedly connected with said front end of said main body portion at a resilient hinge and including a pair of locking tangs spaced vertically from said resilient hinge for lockingly engaging a front edge of at least one style of a top lock-style wiper arm; a pair of locking lugs extending from said back end of said main body portion opposite of said nose portion for receiving legs of the top lock-style wiper arm; and said sides of said main body portion presenting a pair of ledges which are spaced vertically from one another to present a groove between said ledges.