Patent ID: 7992248
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wiper blade assembly, comprising: a resilient wiper element having a crown with longitudinally extending grooves therein, and a neck extending from said crown to a body having a tip for engaging a window; an elongate flat metal flexor having a predetermined curvature, said flexor having inwardly facing edges and outwardly facing edges, with said inwardly facing edges being releasably disposed in each of said grooves of said wiper element crown; an elongate polymeric cover having a substantially flat elongate upper wall extending between opposite ends and a pair of flanges curled inwardly toward one another in spaced relation from said upper wall to provide elongate channels between said flanges and said upper wall, said upper wall having one of an opening or a protrusion between said opposite ends with said outwardly facing edges of said flexor being releasably disposed in said channels; and a connector adapted for attachment to a wiper arm, said connector having a lower surface for engagement with said upper wall of said cover and a pair of flanges curled toward one another in spaced relation from said lower surface to provide opposite facing pockets slidingly receiving at least a portion of said flanges of said cover therein, said lower surface having the other of said opening or protrusion, said opening and protrusion being configured to engage one another to lock said connector to said cover.