JPH0150615B

A wiper arm in motor vehicle windshield wiper installations having, attached on a wiper shaft to be driven, a bearing part, the contact force of which directed towards an associated windshield in an operational position is generated by the action of a traction spring, while the wiper arm is positionable out of the operational position into a raised position in which it is anchored wherein an additional bracing member is arranged between an extension of the bearing part and the wiper arm for secure anchorage, particularly in the case of a raised position oriented at an acute angle to the operational position of the wiper arm.