Patent ID: 8719995

Claim:
A yokeless windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes opposing longitudinal grooves on its longitudinal sides, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier are disposed, wherein said strips are discrete elements that are self-biased into a pre-curved shape and which support and bias the wiper blade into pre-curved configuration independently of any wiper blade frame made up of several yokes pivoted to one another, wherein neighboring ends of said discrete longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective end cap formed as a separate constructional element from said carrier, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for attachment to an oscillating wiper arm, wherein an end wall of at least one of said end cap comprises an opening, wherein an extended part of said wiper blade permanently extends through said opening and projects longitudinally beyond said at least one end cap, and wherein said at least one end cap includes at least one finger formed as an integral part of said at least one end cap and received in one of said longitudinal grooves and projecting longitudinally beyond said end wall of said at least one end cap and directly supporting said extended part of said wiper blade.