Patent ID: 7503095

Claim:
A non-bracket windshield wiper comprising an elastic metal bow strip, two continuous holding strips, two back rubber strips, a rubber wiper blade, and two end caps, wherein: said elastic metal bow strip has a neck transversely disposed on a middle part thereof and two elongated crevices longitudinally aligned at two sides of said neck, each crevice extending to a respective free end of the metal bow strip to define an open end thereof; said two holding strips are respectively inserted into the elongated crevices of said elastic metal bow strip, each of said holding strips having a top engagement structure and a continuous bottom engagement structure symmetrically disposed at top and bottom sides thereof, and two continuous coupling grooves extending along the length thereof and symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof and respectively receiving a respective part of said elastic metal bow strip therein at two sides of the corresponding elongated crevice; each of said two back rubber strips has two sidewalls that are smoothly inwardly arched in transverse direction and joined at a top side, and a coupling rail longitudinally disposed at a bottom side thereof between the two smoothly inwardly arched sidewalls and forced into engagement with the top engagement structure of one of said holding strips; said rubber wiper blade has a coupling rail forced into engagement with the bottom engagement structures of said holding strips; and said two end caps are respectively capped on two distal ends of said elastic metal bow strip.