Patent ID: 8151406

Claim:
A wiper blade for wiping a windshield glass of a vehicle, the wiper blade comprising: a blade rubber including a lip portion for wiping a surface of the windshield glass, a head portion linked to the lip portion via a neck portion in which a pair of attaching grooves are formed, and a pair of holding grooves provided between the lip portion and the head portion and each provided with a stopper portion; a pair of spring members with elasticity and mounted respectively in the attaching grooves of the blade rubber; a rubber holder including a pair of side wall portions and a top wall portion linking mutually the side wall portions, the rubber holder holding the blade rubber by a pair of holding portions, each of which is provided to the side wall portions and has a pair of holding claws located in the holding grooves, so that the head portion of the blade rubber is arranged between the side wall portions of the rubber holder; and a cover aligned in a longitudinal direction of the rubber holder and linked to the rubber holder so as to be rotatable to the rubber holder in a direction perpendicular to the windshield glass, the cover covering the blade rubber in a state in which the blade rubber is elastically deformable in the direction perpendicular to the windshield glass, wherein the pair of holding claws engaged with the holding grooves are respectively provided to both end portions of each side wall portion of the rubber holder in the longitudinal direction, and an intermediate portion of the blade rubber is covered with the pair of holding claws, and wherein an engagement piece protruding toward the windshield glass is provided to the top wall portion of the rubber holder, a pair of leg portions protruding toward the rubber holder is provided to the cover, and the cover is assembled to the rubber holder by disposing the leg portions between the engagement piece and the side walls, respectively.