Patent ID: 7681277

Claim:
An automotive wiper comprising: a frame supporting a blade which is adapted to closely contact a surface of an automotive windshield and is attached to a wiper arm for pressing and operating the wiper against and across the windshield via an adapter, and a tension spring having a predetermined tension and inserted along a rail portion of the blade for evenly distributing load along the blade onto the windshield, wherein said adapter is disposed perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the frame at a central portion thereof for a wiper arm mounted to a first arm which is longer than a second arm connected to said frame, the frame is maintained to be offset by an angle θ from a horizontal axis taken at a sectional view of the wiper with respect to the adapter, whereby the adapter is offset by an angle θ 1 from a perpendicular axis of the wiper with said adapter having a width larger than a tensile member opposite said adapter due to an offset of the frame and the adapter the blade is adapted to be pressed against and to maintain substantially perpendicular to the surface of the automotive windshield, in operation.