Snow shovel

Abstract

Abstract A snow shovel of the push or plow type having a U-shaped handle by which the V-shaped blade is pushed along a sidewalk or driveway to clear a path without lifting of the snow, said shovel being characterized in that the V-shaped blade comprises a pair of blade sections having their upwardly and rearwardly inclined leading ends detachably secured together, and a brace extending horizontally across the trailing ends of the blade sections and detachably secured thereto, and in that the U-shaped handle comprises upwardly and rearwardly inclined legs having their lower end portions detachably secured to the trailing ends of the blade sections and having their upper end portions detachably secured to the legs of a U-shaped handle member on the cross bar of which pushing force is applied to move the blade along the sidewalk or driveway which is to be cleared of snow. The snow shovel herein, by reason of the aforesaid detachable connections of the parts thereof, may be economically shipped in disassembled condition in a compact package. The snow shovel herein is further characterized in that the extremities of the lower legs of the handle are bent to lie in the same horizontal plane as the bottom V-shaped edge of the blade thus to form skids to facilitate movement of the blade along the snow covered surface and additionally to form fulcrums for upward tilting of the blade when deep or heavy snow is encountered or when an irregularity is encountered in the sidewalk or driveway.

Inventors

• 👤 H Siebert

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