Multi-Use Snow Tool
AssigneeCascade Alpine, LLC
InventorsBrian Rathmell, Benjamin Bliesner
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Abstract
A multi-use snow tool is described, which includes a snow fluke and a snow picket that may be combined to function as a snow shovel, or may be used independent of each other as climbing anchors. As one example, the multi-use snow tool includes a snow fluke including a blade body having a base end and a nose end opposite the base end; a snow picket having an elongate shaft including at least a first flange; and a lip assembly located at the base end of the blade body and cooperating with the blade body to define at least a first channel that is adapted to mate with the first flange to detachably couple the snow picket to the snow fluke.
Claims20
A multi-use snow fluke which cooperates with a snow picket to function as a snow shovel, the multi-use snow fluke comprising:
- a blade body including a base end and a nose end opposite the base end;
- a first lip portion located at the base end of the blade body, wherein an inwardly facing surface of the first lip portion and an outwardly facing surface of the blade body collectively define a first channel;
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- a second lip portion located at the base end of the blade body, wherein an inwardly facing surface of the second lip portion and the outwardly facing surface of the blade body collectively define a second channel that is spaced apart from and opposes the first channel;
- wherein the first channel is adapted to receive a first flange of a T-shaped snow picket and the second channel is adapted to receive a second flange of the T-shaped snow picket.
A multi-use snow tool, comprising:
- a snow fluke including a blade body having a base end and a nose end opposite the base end;
- a snow picket having an elongate shaft including at least a first flange;
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- a lip assembly located at the base end of the blade body and cooperating with the blade body to define at least a first channel that is adapted to mate with the first flange to detachably couple the snow picket to the snow fluke.
A reconfigurable multi-use snow tool, comprising:
- a snow fluke including a blade body defining a plurality of openings passing through blade body;
- a snow picket defining an elongate shaft including a nose end and a tail end, the elongate shaft having a T-shaped cross-section including a first flange and a second flange projecting outward from a central spine;
- a mounting bracket including a mounting surface coupled to a first outwardly facing surface of the blade body, the mounting bracket further including at least a first lip portion and a second lip portion spaced apart from the first outwardly facing surface of the blade body;
- a handle including a handle body defining an opening that is adapted to detachably receive the tail end of the snow picket;
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- a rigging cable including a first end coupled to the snow fluke via at least one of the plurality of openings;
- wherein a first inwardly facing surface of the first lip portion and the first outwardly facing surface of the blade body collectively define a first channel that is adapted to detachably receive the first flange at a nose end of the snow picket;
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- wherein a second inwardly facing surface of the second lip portion and the first outwardly facing surface of the blade body collectively define a second channel that is spaced apart from and opposes the first channel, wherein the second channel is adapted to detachably receive the second flange at a nose end of the snow picket;
- wherein a second end of the rigging cable is configured to be coupled to the handle body to collectively retain the snow fluke, the snow picket, and the handle in a mated configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.