Air scoop mounted on snow plow

Claim 1

An air scoop arrangement for use with a snow plow blade arranged to be front mounted on a motor vehicle, comprising: air channeling means including an air engaging wall and a pair of side walls extending from opposite edges of the engaging wall, mountable on the snow plow blade with the air engaging wall substantially disposed above a topmost edge of the snow plow blade to engage and direct air towards a radiator carried by the vehicle; bracket means for mounting the air channeling means in adjustable angular relation on the snow plow blade, the bracket means includes a pair of support arms, each having a first end secured to the snow plow blade and a second end rotatably mounted about an axis to the side walls of the air channeling means; and means for releasably fixing the orientation of the air channeling means with respect to the bracket means including: a first aperture located within the support arm at a predetermined distance from the pivot axis; an array of second apertures located within each side wall of the air channeling means, each second aperture in each array being spaced at the same distance from the support arm pivot axis as the support arm aperture, such that each first aperture can be axially aligned with any one of the second apertures in the array defined by the side wall to which the support arm is pivotally attached; and bolt means extending through the first aperture and one of the second apertures with which it is axially aligned, for releasably fixing the air channeling means in a selected orientation with respect to the snow plow blade.