Patent ID: 8020247

Claim:
A wiper system for a vehicle, comprising: a wiper blade that is reciprocally pivotable about a pivot axis thereof and includes a wiper strip, which is adapted to contact and wipe a surface of a window glass of the vehicle; and a spoiler that projects from a surface of a body of the vehicle and has an accommodation space, which accommodates the wiper blade upon positioning of the wiper blade in a stop position, wherein: the spoiler includes a depth end wall, which bounds the accommodation space and has an inner surface exposed to the accommodation space; the depth end wall protrudes in a direction generally perpendicular to the surface of the window glass; the accommodation space has an opening on a side, which is opposite from the depth end wall in a direction generally parallel to a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle, to move the wiper blade into and out of the accommodation space; and a distance between the inner surface of the depth end wall and the wiper strip of the wiper blade in the stop position measured in a direction generally parallel to the surface of the window glass is set such that the distance between the inner surface of the depth end wall and a first longitudinal side of the wiper strip of the wiper blade, which is opposite from the pivot axis, is larger than the distance between the inner surface of the depth end wall and a second longitudinal side of the wiper strip of the wiper blade, which is opposite from the first longitudinal side of the wiper strip of the wiper blade.