Patent ID: 8522393

Claim:
A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped and includes opposing longitudinal grooves on longitudinal sides thereof, in which grooves spaced-apart longitudinal strips of the carrier element are disposed, wherein neighboring ends of said longitudinal strips are interconnected by a respective connecting piece, which windscreen wiper device further comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein said oscillating arm is pivotally connected to said connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, said connecting device including at least two parts provided with protrusion/hole means for detachably connecting said parts together, wherein said first part is retained onto said wiper blade and wherein said second part has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section at the location of its connection to said first part, wherein each leg of said U-shaped cross-section is bent outwardly in response to insertion of said oscillating arm into said second part for connecting said first and second parts together through a snapping operation.