Reconfigurable box blade

A method of reconfiguring a box blade attached to a vehicle, comprising:

• from a first configuration, raising, relative to a ground surface, a box frame of the reconfigurable box blade, the box frame comprising a left sidewall, a right sidewall, and a single scraping blade that spans laterally between the left sidewall and the right sidewall, wherein a bottom edge of the left sidewall is absent a scraping blade and a bottom edge of the right sidewall is absent a scraping blade, and the first configuration comprises a first dimension of the box frame being oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the reconfigurable box blade comprises one or more wheels, the one or more wheels being in contact with the ground surface and located aft the single scraping blade when the reconfigurable box blade is in the first configuration;
• and
• rotating the box frame about a rotation axis oriented perpendicular to the ground surface into the second configuration, the second configuration comprising the first dimension of the box frame being substantially aligned along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the one or more wheels being above the ground surface when the reconfigurable box blade is in the second configuration, and wherein the reconfigurable box blade is rotatable about a rotation axis and a wheel axis for reconfiguring from the second configuration to the first configuration and for reconfiguring from the first configuration to the second configuration, wherein the rotation axis is orthogonal to the wheel axis.

A reconfigurable box blade comprising:

• a box frame comprising
• a left sidewall,
• a right sidewall having at least one length equivalent to at least one length of the left sidewall,
• a single scraping blade that continuously spans laterally between the left sidewall and the right sidewall wherein a bottom edge of the left sidewall is absent a scraping blade and a bottom edge of the right sidewall is absent a scraping blade;
• and
• one or more wheels, wherein the one or more wheels are above a ground surface when the reconfigurable box blade is in a stowed configuration, and wherein the one or more wheels are in contact the with the ground surface and located aft the single scraping blade when the reconfigurable box blade is in a deployed configuration;
• a connecting structure configured to attach the box frame to a vehicle;
• and
• a stopping component mounted to the connecting structure, the stopping component configured to secure the box blade in the stowed configuration, the stopping component comprising a latch configured to be secured over a portion of the box frame;
• wherein a first dimension of the box frame is oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle when the reconfigurable box blade is in the deployed configuration,
• wherein the first dimension of the box frame is substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle when the reconfigurable box blade is in the stowed configuration, and
• wherein a wheel axis of one or more wheels of the box blade is moved relative to the box frame as the box frame is raised relative to the ground surface, the box frame is rotated about a rotation axis perpendicular to the ground surface to move the box frame from the deployed configuration to the stowed configuration, and wherein the box frame is rotated 90 degrees relative to the ground surface and rotated about the rotation axis perpendicular to the ground surface from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration.