Patent ID: 8720033

Claim:
A method of assembling a wiper blade assembly, comprising: providing a resilient wiper element having a crown with longitudinally extending grooves therein and a tip opposite said crown for engaging a window; providing an elongate, curved flexor have inwardly and outwardly facing edges; providing an elongate polymeric cover having an upper wall with one of an upwardly extending projection or an opening and the elongate polymeric cover further having a pair of flanges curled inwardly toward one another in spaced relation from the upper wall to provide elongate channels between the flanges and the wall; providing a wiper arm connector having a lower surface with one of a downwardly extending projection or an opening and the wiper arm connector further having a pair of flanges curled toward one another in spaced relation from the lower surface to provide a gap between the connector flanges and the lower surface; disposing the inwardly facing edges of the flexor in the grooves of the resilient wiper element; disposing the outwardly facing edges of the flexor in the channels of the cover; and sliding the wiper arm connector along the cover to an approximate midpoint thereof with the gaps of the connector receiving a portion of the upper wall and the flanges of the cover and bringing the projection into snapping, locked receipt within the opening to prevent relative movement of the wiper arm connector with the cover.