Snow plow having removable plow guard attachment
OwnerJeff Borowiakinventor
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Abstract
A guard attachment for removably mounting to a plow blade having a blade edge. The guard attachment includes a guard member having an arcuate surface which is adapted to shield the blade of the plow such that the guard member may be brought into sliding engagement with the surface to be plowed without catching or snagging obstructions on the surface. Furthermore, the guard member includes a fastening mechanism which removably mounts the guard member to the plow.
Claims2
A snow plow blade guard attachment for removably mounting to a plow blade having a blade edge, said guard attachment comprising:
- a guard member having an elongated, hollow, tubular shape defining an outer wall having an arcuate surface which is adapted to shield the blade edge of the plow, and a slot formed in said outer wall of said tubular guard member which extends substantially along the length of the blade edge, said slot being adapted to receive the blade edge such that said tubular guard member may be brought into sliding engagement with the surface to be plowed without catching or snagging obstructions on the surface;
- said guard member including a plurality of fastening mechanisms fixed to said guard member and located at spaced locations along the length of said tubular guard member;
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- said plurality of fastening mechanisms including mounting flanges, each of said mounting flanges including an aperture which aligns with a corresponding aperture on a lower rear flange of the plow blade to receive a fastener for removably fixing said guard member to the plow.
A snow plow assembly having a removable plow guard attachment, said assembly comprising:
- a plow blade having a blade edge,
- a guard member having an elongated hollow, tubular shape defining an outer wall having an arcuate surface which is adapted to shield said blade edge of said plow blade, and a slot formed in said outer wall of said tubular guard member which extends substantially along the length of the blade edge, said slot being adapted to receive the blade edge such that said tubular guard member may be brought into sliding engagement with the surface to be plowed without catching or snagging obstructions on the surface;
- said guard member including a plurality of fastening mechanisms fixed to said guard member and located at spaced locations along the length of said tubular guard member, and
- said plurality of fastening mechanisms include mounting flanges each of said mounting flanges including an aperture which aligns with a corresponding aperture on the plow blade to receive a fastener for removably fixing said guard member to the plow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.