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US20080030036A1
US20080030036A1 US11/308,799 US30879906A US2008030036A1 US 20080030036 A1 US20080030036 A1 US 20080030036A1 US 30879906 A US30879906 A US 30879906A US 2008030036 A1 US2008030036 A1 US 2008030036A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
    • E01H5/00—Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice
    • E01H5/02—Hand implements

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  • the present invention concerns devices that remove snow and more particularly, through snow shovels.
  • Some snow shovels focus on better ergonomic grips for the user so the user will not hurt his/her back as the user is shoveling snow.
  • Other snow shovels focus on being made of more durable materials, so the handle will not break under the weight of heavy snow, or so that the actual shovel, the piece of plastic or metal that is pushed along the sidewalk, will not break or bend under the user's pressure against the sidewalk and under the simple weight of the snow itself.
  • snow shovels are deficient because they are unable to work as effectively as a snowplow that might be mounted on the front of a pickup truck or on the front of a bulldozer. While bulldozers and pickup trucks with plows are certainly well equipped to clear streets and parking lots, they are too expensive, impractical and much too large to use to clear a simple sidewalk. Moreover, many homeowners simply want to clear the snow as fast as possible and every homeowner is not going to own a snowplow that can be mounted onto a pickup truck or onto a dump truck.
  • the device must be large enough so that a good amount of snow can be cleared by the user, as a user makes a pass down a driveway or makes a pass down a sidewalk, or parking lot or other similar surface.
  • Third, such a device needs to be able to clear snow off as it collects snow, much like a plow on the front of a pickup truck would do, without the need for the user to constantly lift snow into the air and then place that snow in another location.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,865,373 issued to Hudson on Sep. 12, 1989 shows a typical snow shovel. Unlike the present invention, it does not have an extended edge to remove snow easily without having to lift the shovel.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,910,893 issued to Asay on Mar. 27, 1990 shows a manually operated snow plow. Unlike the present invention, it does not have an extended edge to remove snow easily without having to lift the shovel.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,993,768 issued to Ewen on Feb. 19, 1991 shows a combined shovel and utility device. Unlike the present invention, it does not have an extended edge to remove snow easily without having to lift the shovel. It is also intended for other specific uses than the removal of snow.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,669,163 issued to Winter on Sep. 23, 1997 shows a snow removal device. Unlike the present invention, it does not have an extended edge to remove snow easily without having to lift the shovel.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,791,072 issued to Schbot on Aug. 11, 1998 shows a snowplow with adjustable handle.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,906,060 issued to Tonry on May 25, 1999 shows a manually pushed snow shovel. Unlike the present invention, it does not have an extended edge to remove snow easily without having to lift the shovel.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,918,921 issued to Samuelson on Jul. 6, 1999 shows a levered snow shovel.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,457,757 issued to Hendrick on Oct. 1, 2002 shows a snow removal device with an adjustable blade and wheels. Unlike the present invention, it does not have an extended edge to remove snow easily without having to lift the shovel.
  • the aforementioned devices are similar to a basic shovel in that they must generally be lifted once they are filled with snow and moved, which can be heavy and tiresome for the user, who is constantly having to lift snow with the shovel. There is a need for a device that can be pushed along the ground and remove snow without actually having to lift the shovel or snow removal device.
  • the present invention is a device for removing snow that is shaped like a non-congruent parallelogram, or a trapezoid.
  • the shape of the present invention looks much like a square with one of the corners pulled in an extended fashion distal of the present invention.
  • the present invention also has a specialized end cap that is fitted along the bottom edge of the present invention that assists the present invention in contacting a sidewalk or other pavement.
  • the end cap also assists in promoting snow up along the top surface of the present invention.
  • a partial cylinder is disposed on the front of the present invention to prevent snow that is lifted onto the present invention from continuing completely over the present invention and onto the user.
  • the partial cylinder is preferably disposed at an angle along the surface of the present invention, so that as snow is accumulated on the present invention, the snow is angled off to one side of the present invention.
  • the extended corner of the present invention serves as a leading edge that attacks the point where the snow is on the ground, so that a small surface area of contact between the present invention and the snow begins as the user pushes the present invention into and under snow.
  • FIG. 1 shows a front view of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a back view of the present invention.
  • the present invention has a first side ( 10 ), a second side ( 20 ), a third side ( 30 ) and a fourth side ( 40 ).
  • First side ( 10 ) is the bottom, or the side of the present invention that will contact the snow on the ground.
  • Second side ( 20 ) and fourth side ( 40 ) are the right and left sides respectively of the present invention.
  • Third side ( 30 ) is the top edge of the present invention.
  • Third side ( 30 ) is configured to be 20-30% shorter than the other sides, so that the device is not too heavy for a user, and increased manageability is achieved.
  • First handle ( 45 ) and second handle ( 46 ) are disposed adjacent to third side ( 30 ).
  • the present invention receives the right hand of a user in first handle ( 45 ) and the left hand of the user in handle ( 46 ).
  • First handle ( 45 ) and second handle ( 46 ) are preferably holes that have been placed through the present invention, so that the user's hands can grip the present invention securely. It is important in the preferred embodiment that first handle ( 45 ) and second handle ( 46 ) be located relatively near third side ( 30 ), for when the user manipulates the present invention, the user will be holding on near third side ( 30 ), as the present invention is pushed against a sidewalk or street.
  • First side ( 10 ) of the present invention is the part of the present invention that actually contacts the street or the pavement when the snow is being removed.
  • End cap ( 50 ), disposed on first side ( 10 ), is a protective layer that prevents the present invention from splitting or cracking when first side ( 10 ) contacts the sidewalk or pavement during use.
  • End cap ( 50 ) also preferably is tapered toward its bottom, forming a nearly sharp edge, so that when first side ( 10 ) is pressed against a pavement or a sidewalk, end cap ( 50 ), with its thin edge, allows the present invention to come as close as possible to the pavement or sidewalk, and scrape away ice and snow.
  • the shape of the present invention is important in its function. While first side ( 10 ), second side ( 20 ) and third side ( 30 ) are relatively the same length, fourth side ( 40 ) is longer than first side ( 10 ), second side ( 20 ) and third side ( 30 ). Fourth side ( 40 ), being longer, creates extended corner ( 70 ). Extended corner ( 70 ) is farther from the center of the present invention than any other corner. This is important because during use, the present invention is angled down, such that front surface ( 65 ) of the present invention might be held at a 45 -degree angle to the pavement or sidewalk.
  • extended corner ( 70 ) When used in such a way and held at a 45-degree angle, extended corner ( 70 ) will lead in front of the user farther than any other part of the present invention, and thus, as the present invention is pushed along the pavement or sidewalk, and as end cap ( 50 ) on first side ( 10 ) scrapes snow and ice from the sidewalk and pavement, it will be extended corner ( 70 ) that begins the scraping of snow and ice from the pavement or sidewalk first.
  • extended corner ( 70 ) begins scraping the snow and ice first because it is the leading edge of the present invention, when front surface ( 65 ) is held at a rough 45-degree angle from the pavement or sidewalk, the full surface area of end cap ( 50 ) on first side ( 10 ) will not present undue difficulty and require undue strength for the user to move the snow.
  • Partial cylinder ( 100 ) is mounted on front surface ( 65 ) and is arcuate along its length. As the snow moves from extended corner ( 70 ) across front surface ( 65 ) of the present invention, the snow hits partial cylinder ( 100 ) and eventually moves off of the present invention at the lower end of second side ( 20 ). In short, partial cylinder ( 100 ) prevents the snow and ice that is picked up from the pavement and sidewalk by the present invention from traveling up front surface ( 65 ) and reaching first handle ( 45 ) and second handle ( 46 ).
  • partial cylinder ( 100 ) is mounted from extended corner ( 70 ) at an angle about one-third up second side ( 20 ) from first side ( 10 ), the snow is quickly shifted from extended corner ( 70 ), since there is not much room for snow to reside on front surface ( 65 ), and that snow shifted across front surface ( 65 ) and sloughed off the edge at the lower portion of second side ( 20 ).
  • the user When the present invention is operated according to the aforementioned description, the user is able to move the present invention quickly through heavy and greatly accumulated snow because partial cylinder ( 100 ) prevents the snow from accumulating on front surface ( 65 ), so the user is never pushing a huge amount of snow that has accumulated on the present invention. Further, there is no need for the user to lift snow and place it somewhere else because the present invention ensures that snow is sloughed off of front surface ( 65 ) over the lower portion of second side ( 20 ). The sloughing off of snow is achieved, importantly, without the user having to hold the present invention at an angle that is hard to maintain.
  • extended corner ( 70 ) is always ahead of the present invention, as would be necessary if fourth side ( 40 ) were the same length as second side ( 20 ). Because fourth side ( 40 ) is longer than second side ( 20 ), extended corner ( 70 ) is the leading edge of the present invention, as the present invention encounters snow and ice.
  • conventional wheels ( 150 ) are attached to the lower center and outer regions on the backside of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the conventional wheels ( 150 ) assist the user in pushing the present invention so that the weight of the present invention does not pose undue hardship to the user.
  • the present invention can be described as a personal snow-plow that is easily manageable.

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US1693472A (en) * 1925-10-27 1928-11-27 William H Batty Hand snowplow
US2165314A (en) * 1938-03-12 1939-07-11 Robert E Stevenson Snow plow
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