Patent ID: 8505151

Claim:
A connecting device ( 10 ) for the articulated connection of a wiper blade ( 38 ) to a wiper arm ( 12 , 14 , 16 , 18 ), wherein the connecting device ( 10 ) comprises a connecting element which is fixedly connected to a supporting element ( 44 ) of the wiper blade ( 38 ) and which includes a basic element ( 48 ) and a connecting part ( 46 , 186 ) which has a hinge-part carrier ( 72 , 194 ) which runs in a longitudinal direction, which laterally guides an adapter ( 82 , 200 ) on insides of side walls of the adaptor and which carries a transversely directed hinge part ( 70 ) which, on each side of the hinge-part carrier ( 72 , 194 ), has a projecting length on which the adapter ( 82 , 200 ) is pivotably mounted, which adapter can be fastened releasably to the free end of the wiper arm ( 12 , 14 , 16 , 18 ) or to a joining element ( 20 , 22 , 24 , 26 ) connected fixedly to the wiper arm, and the adaptor having at a drive-side end a spring clip ( 104 ) which, on outwardly facing side surfaces thereof, has projecting latching cams ( 106 ) which have stop surfaces ( 110 ) which face a free end and enclose acute angles with the supporting element ( 44 ) while, at the free end, the side walls ( 84 ) have steps ( 118 ) which, together with a web, form a clearance ( 120 ), characterized in that the adapter ( 82 , 200 ) has a push button ( 100 ) at the drive-side end thereof above the spring clip ( 104 ), said push button being connected to the adapter ( 82 , 200 ) via a spring tongue ( 98 ) and projecting over upper edges of the side walls ( 84 ), and in that lower borders of the side walls ( 84 ) each have a projecting guide rail ( 90 ) on which a stop ( 92 ) is provided.