Patent ID: 8281453

Claim:
An universal fixing base ( 1 ) for a windshield wiper ( 100 ), the windshield wiper ( 100 ) comprising a connecting piece ( 110 ) and a wiper blade ( 120 ) having an elongated protrusion formed on a top surface thereof, the fixing base ( 1 ) including: a bottom plate ( 10 ) abutting the top surface of the wiper blade ( 120 ), having an elongated dent formed on a bottom surface thereof to engage with the elongated protrusion, both longitudinal sides of the bottom plate ( 10 ) being bent to form two hooks ( 11 ) respectively, the hooks ( 11 ) being engaged with two lateral edges of the wiper blade ( 120 ); and two wings ( 20 ) extending upwardly from two longitudinal sides of the bottom plate ( 10 ) and separated from each other, a shaft rod ( 21 ) being provided between the two wings ( 20 ) for allowing the connecting piece ( 110 ) to be pivotally connected thereto, each of the wings ( 20 ) being formed with a first chamfer piece ( 22 ) and a second chamfer piece ( 23 ), a first notch ( 24 ) being provided between the first chamfer piece ( 22 ) and the shaft rod ( 21 ), a second notch ( 25 ) being provided between the second chamfer piece ( 25 ) and the shaft rod ( 21 ), the shaft rod ( 21 ) being provided between the first notch ( 24 ) and the second notch ( 25 ), an opening being formed in the wings corresponding to each hook; wherein each of the first chamfer pieces ( 22 ) and the second chamfer pieces ( 23 ) is provided with a hole ( 221 , 231 ) beside the openings, respectively, to fit another connecting piece, and wherein the first chamfer piece ( 22 ) and the second chamfer piece ( 23 ) of each wing are configured to gradually narrow toward both longitudinal ends of the fixing base ( 1 ), the first notch ( 24 ) and the second notch ( 25 ) provide a space adjacent to the shaft rod ( 21 ) to avoid mounting interference of the connecting piece ( 110 ) for allowing various kinds of the connecting pieces ( 110 ) to be assembled with the universal fixing base ( 1 ).