Patent ID: 8015656

Claim:
A wiper blade mounted on a wiper arm swingably provided to a vehicle, and moving swingably on a windshield to wipe the windshield, the wiper blade comprising: a blade rubber contacting with the windshield; a blade holder holding the blade rubber; an arm mounting member rotatably mounted on a rotating shaft provided to the blade holder, the arm mounting member being mounted on the wiper arm; a first engaging portion formed at a portion of the blade holder opposing to the arm mounting member; a second engaging portion formed at a portion of the arm mounting member opposing to the blade holder; a third engaging portion provided to a distal side of the arm mounting member; a fourth engaging portion provided to the blade holder and engaged with the third engaging portion; a rubber abutting portion provided to the arm mounting portion so as to abut on the blade rubber in a state where the engagement of the third and fourth engaging portions is released, wherein engagement of the first and second engaging portions admits rotation of a tip side of the blade holder toward the windshield at or beyond a predetermined angle to be regulated with respect to the wiper arm, wherein at least one of the third and fourth engaging portions is formed so as to be elastically deformable, and engagement of the third and fourth engaging portions admits rotation of a distal side of the blade holder toward the windshield at or beyond the predetermined angle to be regulated with respect to the wiper arm; and wherein the rubber abutting portion is formed so that a gap between the blade rubber and the rubber abutting portion is larger as the rubber abutting portion is separate from the rotating shaft in a state where the third and fourth engaging portions are engaged.