Ice chopper assembly
OwnerKevin Scott Royinventor
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Abstract
An ice chopping assembly includes at least a blade, shaft, handle, and force enhancing assembly. The blade may includes at least one face and at least one edge cooperatively structured to break ice formed on a solid surface, but may otherwise be appropriately configured to break ice. The shaft is rigidly affixed to the blade opposite the edge. The handle may be rigidly mounted to a bushing, through which a restricting device may travel. The restricting device includes a stop structure about which the bushing may be concentrically disposed. At opposite ends of the stop structure may be stop segments which limit the reciprocal travel of the blade relative to the handle.
Claims20
An ice chopper assembly comprising:
- a blade dimensioned and configured to break ice formed on a solid surface,
- a handle connected to said blade,
- a shaft fixedly secured to said blade and movably interconnecting said blade to said handle,
- a restricting device connected to said shaft and movable therewith relative to said handle, said restricting device including a stop structure moveable relative to said handle and restricting reciprocal travel of said blade relative to said handle,
- a force enhancing assembly movable with and relative to said shaft and said blade, and
- said force enhancing assembly disposed and structured to deliver a force to said blade substantially upon impact of said blade with the ice.
An ice chopper assembly comprising:
- a blade including at least one face and at least one edge cooperatively dimensioned and configured to break ice formed on a solid surface,
- a handle, a shaft fixedly secured to said blade and reciprocally connecting said blade to said handle,
- a restricting device including a stop structure connected to and movable with said shaft and into movement restricting engagement with said handle,
- a force enhancing assembly including a biasing structure and a weight each movable with and relative to said shaft and said blade, and
- said weight being reciprocally movable along said shaft in biased engagement with said biasing structure;
- said weight further reciprocally movable along said shaft into force delivering relation to said blade upon said biased engagement with said biasing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.