Ice scraper

Claim 1

A scraper for removing ice from a surface to be scraped, said scraper comprising a body having top and bottom surfaces, said body defining: a scraping blade at one end thereof comprising a deflecting surface extending obliquely from said top surface toward said bottom surface, and a scraping edge; a handle section remote from said one end located at the extremity of the body of said scraper, said handle section having a longitudinal axis; and an intermediate section curved to define a convex portion of said top surface extending between said blade and said handle section, projecting below said axis, and being substantially free of obstructions to the removal of ice therefrom, and a concave portion of said bottom surface extending between said blade and handle section below said axis; said scraper being operable during scraping to permit force to be applied longitudinally of a surface to be scraped with the hand of the user, when gripping said handle section, remaining substantially spaced from the surface to be scraped, with ice thrown by the deflecting action of said deflecting surface and said convex portion of said top surface being substantially deflected away from said hand of said user, and with said deflecting surface being oblique relative to said surface to be scraped, said handle section, on lateral edges thereof, providing a generally wedge shaped handle configuration operable to progressively resist pushing force imposed on said handle section and directed toward said scraping blade; and said handle section being grippable on the underside thereof adjacent a free end of said handle section.