Snowplow apparatus for a motor vehicle

Snowplow apparatus configured for removable attachment to the front of a motor vehicle, said vehicle having a grille and a vehicle frame with two spaced-apart points on the frame, positioned below the grille, for mounting said apparatus, said apparatus comprising, in combination:

• (a) a connecting frame having a rearward mount with means for removable attachment to the motor vehicle at said spaced-apart points, and at least one forward mount with means for attachment to a snowplow, said connecting frame including a first hinge adjacent the rearward mount and a second hinge adjacent said forward mount, a pivot axis of said first hinge and a pivot axis of said second hinge extending substantially horizontally and substantially transverse to a central longitudinal axis of the vehicle;
• (b) a snowplow, including at least one elongate snowplow blade, attached to said connecting frame at the forward mount thereof;
• (c) a first powered mechanism for raising and lowering said snowplow about the pivot axis of said first hinge;
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• (d) a second powered mechanism for pivoting said snowplow about the pivot axis of said second hinge, thereby adjusting an orientation of the snowplow blade with respect to a road, when the blade is in a lowered, operative position.