Patent ID: 7523519

Claim:
In a flat, yokeless wiper blade for cleaning vehicle windows having an elongate wiper strip of a flexible material which is produced in a single piece in the area of its underside with at least one wiper lip which can be pressed against the vehicle window, as well as with at least one spline extending in the longitudinal direction of the wiper strip and retained against the wiper strip, the spline projecting with at least one outwardly lying longitudinal edge beyond one longitudinal side of the wiper strip, the improvement comprising: the flat, yokeless wiper blade connectible directly to a wiper arm and having a cover and retained on the at least one spline disposed directly on the wiper strip on an upper side facing away from wiper lip, the cover having a forward portion extending below a trailing portion to define an aerodynamically shaped forward mounted spoiler, and in a view directed parallel to the window along the longitudinal extension of the wiper blade, the forward mounted spoiler extends along only one longitudinal side of the wiper blade toward the window a sufficient distance to cover a hinge connecting the at least one wiper lip to the wiper strip.