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US 4,224,751 AGranted
Snow lifting device
OwnerGeorge J. Schoemann, Robert Schoemanninventors
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Abstract
A device for snow removal comprising: a frame, a flexible scoop, and means for flexing and relaxing the scoop.
Claims3
A snow removal device comprising:
- (a) a frame which further comprises a pair of rails and a plurality of cross braces to maintain the rails in spaced relationship, each rail being bent at a position intermediate its ends, the angle of the bend being such as to place the rear end of the frame at a height above ground convenient for pushing;
- (b) a flexible blanket attached at its leading edge between the rails at the end opposite the handle end of the frame;
- (c) a blade attached between the rails of the frame and to the leading edge of the blanket;
- (d) a pair of towers, each of which is attached to one rail at the front end of the frame;
- (e) a tower brace which is attached between the towers and maintains them in spaced relationship;
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- (f) flexible cable means which is attached to the back side of the blanket on one end, passes around the tower brace and is attached to the rear end of the frame on the other end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.