Device and assembly for supporting a pair of windshield wipers, and corresponding packaging and assembly method

A supporting device, comprising:

• a pair of windshield wipers having at least a first wiper and a second wiper which the supporting device supports, each of the first and second wipers comprising at least a structural element and a wiper blade;
• first and second recesses, each of which is provided with retaining means for retaining the first wiper and the second wiper, the recesses having an opening leading onto a same side of a supporting plane in order to enable insertion of the pair of windshield wipers into the respective recesses from the same side of the supporting plane;
• and
• wherein a biasing force of the first wiper offsets a biasing force of the second wiper, and
• wherein the first and second wipers are disposed side-by-side in opposing directions perpendicular to a plane of longitudinal symmetry of the supporting plane in a configuration selected from the group consisting of:
• the wiper blade of the first wiper being oriented downwardly and the wiper blade of the second wiper being oriented upwardly, or
• the wiper blade of the first wiper being oriented upwardly and the wiper blade of the second wiper being oriented downwardly.