Patent ID: 8332989

Claim:
An adapter configured to connect a windscreen wiper blade, by pivoting connection around a spindle, on an arm having an end rod, the end rod being configured to fit in the adapter, wherein: the adapter is mounted on the blade, wherein the adapter is configured to receive the end of the arm, the adapter has a substantially U-shaped cross section and comprises flanges, each of which have an orifice for snapping onto the spindle, wherein an entry end of the adapter is open and configured to receive the end rod of the arm, and the adapter comprises means for longitudinal locking of the said arm, wherein the longitudinal locking means comprises: a first longitudinal locking means comprising a cross-member articulated on the adapter by at least one elastically deformable flexible tongue configured to carry a tenon fitted in an orifice arranged on the end rod, when the end rod is fitted; and a second longitudinal locking means comprising a housing arranged on the adapter in which a stop on the rod comes into locking engagement, when the rod is fitted, wherein the orifice of the flanges is located between the first longitudinal locking means and the second longitudinal locking means, and wherein each of the first longitudinal locking means and the second longitudinal locking means independently provides reinforced security in the connection between the windscreen wiper blade and the arm.