End fitting for a wiper blade

An end fitting for a wiper blade of longitudinal orientation, the blade comprising a stiffening vertebra, a wiping rubber, and a mount supporting the vertebra and rubber, wherein each of the vertebra, wiping rubber and mount are of longitudinal orientation, the end fitting being able to be mounted on a longitudinal end of the blade and comprising:

• a longitudinal housing open in a direction of a first longitudinal end of the end fitting, into which a longitudinal end of the vertebra is able to be received, wherein the longitudinal housing is delimited by a horizontal lower bottom, and
• an elastic tongue for locking the longitudinal end of the vertebra in an engaged position in the longitudinal housing,
• wherein the tongue extends longitudinally forward so that a free front end of the tongue is able to cooperate with an associated notch produced in a longitudinal edge of the longitudinal end of the vertebra,
• wherein the tongue is elastically deformed in a plane substantially parallel to the horizontal lower bottom, and
• wherein the tongue is produced in a lateral wall of the longitudinal housing so that a free end of the tongue is able to move transversely when the vertebra is introduced into the longitudinal housing.

A flat-type wiper blade comprising:

• a support mount;
• a stiffening vertebra;
• and
• a wiping rubber,
• wherein at least one end of the flat-type wiper blade carries an end fitting comprising:
• a longitudinal housing open in the direction of a first longitudinal end of the end fitting, into which a longitudinal end of the vertebra is able to be received, and
• means for locking the longitudinal end of the vertebra in an engaged position in the longitudinal housing,
• wherein the means are able to cooperate with a notch produced in a longitudinal edge of the longitudinal end of the vertebra.