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
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-04 23:10
CPC Classifications
E; E01; E01H; E01H5/00; E01H5/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A push-type snow plow comprising: a V-shaped blade assembly having a leading edge and including a pair of generally upright blade sections diverging from said leading edge, said blade sections having top and bottom edges, trailing ends and rear surfaces, a U-shaped handle assembly having spaced-apart legs and a cross bar, said legs having lower end portions secured to said blade sections and extending along said rear surfaces adjacent said trailing ends over a major portion of the distance between said top and bottom edges for stiffening said blade sections, said lower end portions of said legs having terminal end portions bent rearwardly adjacent said bottom edges to provide runners, and a cross brace secured between said lower end portions of said legs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A push-type snow plow comprising: a V-shaped blade assembly having a leading edge and including a pair of generally upright blade sections diverging from said leading edge, said blade sections having top and bottom edges, trailing ends and rear surfaces, a U-shaped handle assembly having spaced-apart legs and a cross bar, said legs having lower end portions secured to said blade sections and extending along said rear surfaces adjacent said trailing ends over a major portion of the distance between said top and bottom edges for stiffening said blade sections, said lower end portions of said legs having terminal end portions bent rearwardly adjacent said bottom edges to provide runners, and a cross brace secured between said lower end portions of said legs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
78 words
The plow of claim 1 wherein said lower end portions of said legs are positioned between said rear surfaces of said blade sections and the ends of said cross brace, common fastener assemblies extending through and securing together said blade sections, lower end portions of said legS and opposite end portions of said cross brace, and additional fastener assemblies spaced from said common fastener assemblies for securing said blade sections to said lower end portions of said legs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The plow of claim 2 wherein said blade sections have reinforcing strips secured thereto along said bottom edges thereof and said additional fastener assemblies extend through said reinforcing strips.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The plow of claim 3 wherein said handle and cross brace are made of tubing, said lower end portions of said legs and the opposite end portion of said cross brace being flattened.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The plow of claim 4 wherein each of said handle legs is detachably secured together intermediate said lower end portions thereof and said cross bar.