Snowthrower platform

Claim 1

In combination, a snowthrower of the walk-behind type, said snowthrower having a front end and a rear end spaced apart to form a longitudinal motion axis for the snowthrower, an engine, an engine-driven auger at the front end of the snowthrower, two engine-driven traction wheels located behind the auger, and two laterally-spaced elevated hand grips at the rear end of the snowthrower; a towing connector extending from the rear end of the snowthrower on the snowthrower longitudinal axis; a wheeled platform located directly behind the snowthrower; and a towbar extending forwardly from the wheeled platform for rotary articulated attachment to said towing connector; said wheeled platform comprising an essentially flat panel adapted to have a person stand thereon while operating the snowthrower; said flat panel having a front end and a rear end spaced apart to form a longitudinal motion axis normally in direct alignment with the snowthrower motion axis; said platform further comprising two laterally spaced ground wheels rotatably attached to said panel for motion around an axis transverse to the platform longitudinal axis; the ground wheel rotational axis being located relatively close to the rear end of the panel and relatively far away from the front end of the panel, so that the person is forced to stand with his weight displaced forwardly from the ground wheel rotational axis, whereby the person's weight produces a downward force on the traction wheels of the snowthrower.