Patent ID: 7802341

Claim:
A wiper assembly for use in connection with a wiper arm having an attachment member including a channel and a transversely extending pin, said wiper assembly comprising: a wiping element adapted to contact a surface to be wiped; an elongated beam operatively attached to said wiping element and having first and second longitudinal ends and defining a longitudinal axis, said beam being of a resiliently flexible material to apply a force from an intermediate position between said first and second longitudinal ends to said first and second longitudinal ends to facilitate contact between said wiping element and the surface to be wiped; a carrier operatively disposed at an intermediate position between said first and second longitudinal ends of said elongated beam and adapted to facilitate releasable connection to a wiper arm, said carrier having opposed first and second sidewalls that cooperate to define a track therebetween to operatively receive said elongate beam; and wherein said carrier further includes a coupler integrated within said first sidewall to facilitate releasable connection with a wiper arm, said coupler having a bore adapted to operatively receive a transversely extending pin of a wiper arm and saddle extending outwardly from said first sidewall and laterally spaced from said longitudinal axis, said saddle adapted to operatively engage an attachment member of a wiper arm, said saddle including first and second guide surfaces adapted to limit the rotational movement of said wiper assembly relative to a wiper arm during releasable connection thereto.