De-icing apparatus
OwnerWilliam Matthew Szooinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus configured to be secured to a shovel and provide distribution of material during use of the shovel. The present invention includes a body having a hollow interior volume. The body has an upper end with and opening providing access to the interior volume. The lower end of the body includes a first portion and second portion that extend in opposing directions. A plurality of apertures are formed in the first portion and second portion of the body so as to provide spreading of a material as the shovel is utilized. The body is releasably secured to a mount wherein the mount is secured to the handle of the shovel. The mount includes a pair of support arms that are configured to cradle the lower end of the body. The body includes a slot formed therein that is operable to be releasably secured to a clip on the mount.
Claims12
An apparatus configured to be secured to a handle of a shovel and provide distribution of material during use of the shovel wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a body, said body having an upper end and a lower end, said body having a hollow interior volume, said body having an opening proximate said upper end, said body further having a plurality of apertures proximate said lower end;
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- a mount, said mount being secured to the handle of the shovel, said mount configured to have said body releasably secured thereto and said mount includes at least one support arm, said at least one support arm operable to have a portion of the body superposed thereon
- wherein said body is configured to be secured to the handle of a shovel and distribute a material disposed within the interior volume via the plurality of apertures.
A de-icing apparatus that is configured to be secured to a handle of a snow shovel so as to spread salt during utilization of the snow shovel wherein the de-icing apparatus comprises:
- a body, said body having an upper end and a lower end, said body having a hollow interior volume, said body having an opening proximate said upper end, said body having a first portion and a second portion wherein the first portion and the second portion are located at said lower end of said body, said first portion and said second portion being contiguously formed with a center portion of said body, said first portion and said second portion of said body extending in opposing directions, said first portion and said second portion of said body having a plurality of apertures formed therein;
- a mount, said mount being secured to the handle of the snow shovel, said mount having a central portion, said mount having an upper end and a lower end, said mount having a first support arm and a second support arm, said first support arm and said second support arm being proximate said lower end of said mount, said first support arm and said second support arm extending outward from said mount;
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- wherein said body is releasably secured to said mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.