Patent ID: 8793833

Claim:
A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, said wiper blade including opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by end caps such that the end caps are force locked or form locked to the end of the strips, and said windscreen wiper blade further comprising a connecting device for an oscillating wiper arm, wherein an end wall of at least one of said end caps comprises an opening, wherein said wiper blade permanently extends through said opening and beyond said at least one end cap and beyond said ends of said longitudinal strips, and wherein said end caps fully cover the ends of the strips.