Windshield wiper device and method of setting the same on an automobile

A method of setting a windshield wiper device on an automobile which includes a wiper arm, a wiper blade supported by one end portion of the wiper arm and having an elastic blade element for wiping a surface of a windshield, an engaging member attached to one of the wiper arm and the wiper blade and having first, second and third contacting portions, and a blade lifting member mounted on a body of the automobile and having guide portion, stopper portion and holder portion, which method comprising the steps of,

• engaging the third contacting portion of said engaging member with the holder portion of said blade lifting member so that said engaging member is held by said holder portion and thereby said wiper arm is expediently positioned to lift said wiper blade from the windshield,
• mounting the other end portion of said wiper arm on the body of the automobile so as to cause the said wiper arm to be swingable, and
• disposing said engaging member to have its third contacting portion released from the holder portion of said blade lifting member, its first contacting portion put on the guide portion of said blade lifting member, and its second contacting portion being in contact with the stopper portion of said blade lifting member to cause said engaging member to stay at the stopping portion so that said wiper blade is lifted to keep the elastic blade element away from the surface of the windshield.