Collapsible snow paddle and method of use

A snow paddle kit, comprising a snow removal paddle, a handle mountable to the snow removal paddle, and an edge cap mountable to a lower edge of the snow removal paddle, wherein:

• the edge cap has a width, which is the longest dimension of the edge cap;
• the lower edge of the snow removal paddle has a width, which is the longest dimension of the lower edge;
• and
• the width of the edge cap is substantially wider than the width of the lower edge of the snow removal paddle.

A snow paddle kit, comprising a snow removal paddle, a handle mountable to the snow removal paddle, and an edge cap mountable to a lower edge of the snow removal paddle, wherein:

• the snow removal paddle has a snow-facing surface when the edge cap is not mounted on the snow removal paddle;
• the snow-facing surface of the snow removal paddle has a first surface area;
• the snow paddle kit has a snow-facing surface when the edge cap is mounted on the snow removal paddle;
• the snow-facing surface of the snow paddle kit has a second surface area;
• and
• the second surface area is at least 100 square centimeters greater than the first surface area.

A snow paddle kit, comprising a snow removal paddle, a handle mountable to the snow removal paddle, and an edge cap mountable to a lower edge of the snow removal paddle, wherein:

• the edge cap and the snow removal paddle have a profile, which is a projection of the edge cap and the snow removal paddle into a 2-dimensional plane when the edge cap is mounted to the snow removal paddle;
• the edge cap has a lower surface configured to contact a vehicle, and the profile comprises a boundary that circumscribes the profile;
• a lower surface projection of the lower surface into the 2-dimensional plane forms a portion of the boundary of the profile;
• the profile has a distal surface, which is bounded by (1) the lower surface projection, (2) a distal line that is both parallel to and at least 5 centimeters from the lower surface projection, and (3) two segments of the boundary that extend from the lower surface projection to intersect the distal line;
• the profile has a proximal surface, which is bounded by (1) an intermediate line that is both parallel to and at least 15 centimeters from the lower surface projection, (2) a proximal line that is both parallel to and at least 20 centimeters from the lower surface projection, and (3) two segments of the boundary that intersect the intermediate line and the proximal line;
• the profile has an intermediate surface, which is bounded by (1) the intermediate line, (2) a second intermediate line that is both parallel to and at least 10 centimeters from the lower surface projection, and (3) two segments of the boundary that intersect the intermediate line and the second intermediate line;
• the distal surface has a distal surface area, the proximal surface has a proximal surface area, and the intermediate surface has an intermediate surface area;
• the distal surface area is at least 1.5 times and up to 1.9 times the size of the proximal surface area;
• the distal surface area is at least 1.5 times and up to 1.9 times the size of the intermediate surface area;
• the profile has an arm width, which is a maximum distance measured parallel to the lower surface projection and between the two segments of the boundary that extend from the lower surface projection to intersect the distal line;
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• the arm width is at least 35 centimeters and up to 70 centimeters.

A snow paddle kit, comprising a snow removal paddle, a handle mountable to the paddle, and an edge cap mountable to a lower edge of the paddle, wherein:

• the edge cap and the snow removal paddle have a profile, which is a projection of the edge cap and the snow removal paddle into a 2-dimensional plane when the edge cap is mounted to the snow removal paddle;
• the profile comprises a boundary that circumscribes the profile;
• a lower surface projection of a lower surface of the edge cap into the 2-dimensional plane forms a portion of the boundary of the profile;
• the profile has a distal surface, which is bounded by (1) the lower surface projection, (2) a distal line that is both parallel to and at least 5 centimeters from the lower surface projection, and (3) two segments of the boundary that extend from the lower surface projection to intersect the distal line;
• the profile has a proximal surface, which is bounded by (1) an intermediate line that is both parallel to and at least 15 centimeters from the lower surface projection, (2) a proximal line that is both parallel to and at least 20 centimeters from the lower surface projection, and (3) two segments of the boundary that intersect the intermediate line and the proximal line;
• the distal surface has a distal surface area, and the proximal surface has a proximal surface area;
• the distal surface area is at least 1.5 times and up to 1.9 times the size of the proximal surface area;
• the profile has an arm width, which is a maximum distance measured parallel to the lower surface projection and between the two segments of the boundary that extend from the lower surface projection to intersect the distal line;
• and
• the arm width is at least 35 centimeters.