# US 8,464,387 B1 · Device with a scraper and a removal head > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,464,387 B1 - Document ID: US8464387B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 13/544,557 - Filed: 2012-07-09 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-09 - Assignees: Snow Joe, LLC - Applicants: Joseph S. Cohen - Inventors: Joseph S. Cohen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8464387B1 ## CPC - A47L 13/12: Implements with several different treating devices - B08B 1/165: {Scrapers} - B60S 3/045: {Other hand-held cleaning arrangements, e.g. with sponges, brushes, scrapers or the like (brushes per se A46B)} - E01H 5/02: Hand implements (E01H5/04, E01H5/10, E01H5/12 take precedence {shovels or spades in general A01B1/02; brooms, brushes A46B}) - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL - B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - E01H: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING {OR PREVENTING} FOG IN GENERAL {CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS}(cleaning in general B08B) ## Abstract A device or tool for removing snow and other debris from vehicles, and other surfaces including a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a scraper portion coupled to the first end, and a head coupled to the second end. The head may be a laterally extended foam head that is non-abrasive, freeze resistant, and durable. The handle may include a telescopic extension to allow a reach of a user to be increased or decreased allowing the user to clear away snow and other debris from various sizes of vehicles. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An extendable tool, comprising: a telescopic extension having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the telescopic extension including a first elongated portion, and a second elongated portion adapted to be received within the first elongated portion and including a threaded male locking portion; a threaded female locking portion having a decreasing cross-sectional area from a first end to a second disposed in the first elongated portion and adapted to mate with the threaded male locking portion, the threaded female locking portion including at least one engagement protrusion on an exterior surface of the threaded female locking portion and adapted to engage an inner surface of the first elongated portion; a scraper portion coupled to the first end; and a laterally extended head coupled to the second end. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The extendable tool according to claim 1, further comprising a first plate disposed in a first recess on a first side of the laterally extended head, the first plate having a threaded connection adapted to couple the laterally extended head to the second end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The extendable tool according to claim 2, further comprising a second plate disposed in a second recess on a second side of the laterally extended head, the second plate adapted to couple to the first plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The extendable tool according to claim 2, further comprising at least one connection device adapted to connect the first plate to an exterior surface of the telescopic extension. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The extendable tool according to claim 4, in which the at least one connection device comprises at least one prong protruding from the first plate and adapted to receive and extend around at least a portion of the exterior surface of the telescopic extension. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The extendable tool according to claim 1, further comprising a retaining cap coupled to an end of the first elongated portion and adapted to retain the threaded female locking portion in the first elongated portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The extendable tool according to claim 1, in which the threaded male locking portion has a decreasing cross-sectional area from a first end to a second end. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The extendable tool according to claim 1, in which the threaded female locking portion includes at least one slot extending from the first end towards the second end along at least a portion of the threaded female locking portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The extendable tool according to claim 1, in which the laterally extended head comprises a compressible material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The extendable tool according to claim 9, in which the compressible material is foam. ### Claim 11 A tool, comprising: a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the handle including a first elongated portion, and a second elongated portion adapted to be received within the first elongated portion and including a threaded male locking portion; a threaded female locking portion having a decreasing cross-sectional area from a first end to a second disposed in the first elongated portion and adapted to mate with the threaded male locking portion, the threaded female locking portion including at least one slot extending from the first end towards the second end along at least a portion of the threaded female locking portion; a scraper portion coupled to the first end; and a laterally extended head coupled to the second end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The tool according to claim 11, further comprising a first plate disposed in a first recess on a first side of the laterally extended head, the first plate having a threaded connection adapted to couple the laterally extended head to the second end. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The tool according to claim 12, further comprising at least one prong protruding from the first plate and adapted to receive and extend around at least a portion of an exterior surface of the handle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The tool according to claim 12, further comprising, a second plate disposed in a second recess on a second side of the laterally extended head, the second plate adapted to couple to the first plate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The tool according to claim 11, in which the laterally extended head comprises a compressible material.