Patent ID: 8806700

Claim:
A connector for connecting a wiper blade to a wiper arm, said connector comprising: an elongate body member having a front end, a rear end, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls; an arcuate rivet clip extending between said first side wall and said second side wall, said arcuate rivet clip being structured and disposed for releasably securing the wiper blade to said connector, and said arcuate rivet clip being sized to allow said releasably secured wiper blade to pivot during operation of said wiper blade; a rivet passage extending between said first side wall and said second side wall, said rivet passage being structured and disposed for providing exposed access to said arcuate rivet clip; a first tongue receiving opening located towards the front end of said elongate body member, said first tongue receiving opening being structured and disposed for receiving a corresponding front tongue on the wiper arm, the wiper arm thereby contacting the top surface as the front tongue of the wiper arm is received in the first tongue receiving opening; a locking mechanism capable of releasably locking said connector to said wiper arm, the locking mechanism comprising a door member rotatable about an axis, wherein the axis is located within the door member such that all sides of the axis are surrounded by at least a portion of the door member, the door member operable to rotate between an open unlocked position and a closed locked position, the entire portion of the door member surrounding the axis is rotatable about the axis, said open unlocked position serving to provide access to said first tongue receiving opening, and said closed locked position serving to releasably lock said corresponding front tongue within said first tongue receiving opening; and a second tongue receiving opening located towards the rear end of said elongate body member, said second receiving opening being structured and disposed for receiving a corresponding rear tongue on the wiper arm.