Patent ID: 8505152
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B60S,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A windscreen wiper comprising: a longitudinally extending wiper element and support structure supporting said wiper element; a generally u-shaped joint part pivotally connected to said support structure for relative pivotal movement about a pivot axis transverse to said longitudinal direction of said wiper element; said joint part including a top wall, two side walls, an open bottom and opposite longitudinal ends spaced from said pivot axis; said joint part including at least one resilient latching tongue formed in at least one of said walls having an integral hinge adjacent one of said ends and extending therefrom to an opposite free end of said tongue; and wherein said free end of said resilient tongue is disposed longitudinally between said hinge axis of said tongue and said pivot axis of said joint part and each of said free end and said integral hinge are arranged closer to said one end than they are to said pivot axis.