Patent ID: 6253412
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A wiper for a windshield wiper installation for the cleaning of a windshield of a vehicle with an exchangeable wiper blade of elastic rubbery material retained on a retaining structure by means of retaining claws of the retaining structure gripping at least partially around a head strip formed as part of the wiper blade and engaging in longitudinal grooves formed on opposite longitudinal sides of the head strip, and an end bracket attached to one end of the head strip retains the wiper blade in a longitudinal direction on the retaining structure in a fashion that prevents inadvertent loss, a snap-arm formed as part of the end bracket extends along the head strip and traverses a corresponding end claw of the retaining structure on an interior surface and snaps behind an interior front side of the end claw by means of a snap element, the wiper comprising:the snap-arm of the end bracket having an essentially flat oblong shape and extending flush along one longitudinal side of the head strip; andthe snap element having a tongue notched free out of the snap-arm bent upward at an acute angle from the head strip from a plane of the snap-arm, a front side of the tongue opposes as a stop the interior front side of the end claw of the retaining structure.