Universal wiper blade pin connector

In a wiper assembly for a vehicle, the assembly including a wiper blade having a primary channel-shaped support member having an upper wall, a pair of spaced side walls, the side walls having aligned apertures, and retaining means mounted between the side walls intermediate the aligned apertures, and a wiper arm with side pin connector, the pin connector having a first predetermined diameter and the aligned apertures having a diameter greater than the diameter of the pin connector, an adaptor for connecting the larger diameter apertures of the wiper arm to the smaller diameter pin connector of the wiper arm, said adaptor comprising:

• a substantially cylindrical bushing having an outer diameter of the aligned apertures, said bushing received within the apertures and engaged by the retaining means to selectively prevent removal of the bushing, said bushing including a longitudinal throughbore offset from the axis of said bushing such that a portion of the outer wall of said bushing is removed, the throughbore having a diameter substantially equal to the smaller diameter pin connector, the pin connector received within said throughbore, the retaining means seating within an annular recess of the pin connector and between spaced apart shoulders formed on the outer surface of said bushing to selectively prevent withdrawal of the pin connector from said bushing and said bushing from the aligned apertures thereby securing the wiper blade for the wiper arm.