Abstract

A snow shovel features a support sled, an inclined load blade having an upwardly and rearwardly tapered shape; and up-turned and in-turned side walls that converge in the tapering direction of the load blade. An up-turned and front- turned rear wall cooperates with the side walls to form a forwardly open pocket at a rear end of the blade. The converging side walls and rear pocket compress the snow as it rides up the load blade, whereupon an increased density of the tightly packed snow encourages gravitationally unloading of the shovel through an avalanching action. In use, the leading edge of the shovel is tilted upward as one approaches an intended dumping area in order to ride up onto remaining fallen snow, during which the collected and densely compacted snow avalanches off the leading edge of the shovel to simultaneously build and climb up a snow heap at the dump area.

IPC Classes  ?

• E01H 5/02 - Hand implements

Abstract

A snow pusher has a blade sloping upward between a front lower and a rear upper edges interconnected by opposite side edges. A handle is carried upwardly and reardwardly from the blade for manual gripping by an operator. A support sled disposed at least partially beneath the blade extends rearwardly away from the front lower edge of the blade, and spans between opposite sides of the sled respectively disposed adjacent the opposite side edges of the blade. An underside of the sled, at a position adjacent each side thereof, slopes upward from a flat portion of the underside to the respective side of the sled. The sled provides significant area over which the weight of snow on the blade is distributed to minimize sinking of the pusher into snow over which it is slid during use, while the curved sides prevent the sled from digging into the snow during turns.

IPC Classes  ?

• E01H 5/02 - Hand implements