Patent ID: 8220106
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B60S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for releasably connecting a wiper blade to a drivable wiper arm, said device comprising: a connecting element configured to be pivotally coupled to a coupling element of said wiper blade about a pivot; wherein said connecting element comprises a front portion and a rear portion configured to secure said connecting element to said wiper arm when said wiper blade becomes detachably secured to said wiper arm, wherein said front portion is on a front side of said connecting element relative to said pivot and said rear portion is on a rear side of said connecting element relative to said pivot, wherein said front portion defines a first U-shaped indentation having a base away from said pivot and two branches extending from said base toward said pivot, wherein said front portion defines a second U-shaped indentation facing said first U-shaped indentation and having a base toward said pivot and two branches extending from said base away from said pivot.