Patent ID: 9120217
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B25G,E04D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A snow rake with telescoping pole configured for pulling snow from a surface, the rake comprising: a blade having a first surface portion for normally engaging material to be moved with a pulling force; a pole having a plurality of tubular segments including a first segment and a second segment, said first and second segments being selectively movable axially relative to one another, said first segment being attached to said blade adjacent a proximal end portion of said pole and projecting from said blade generally away from the first surface portion with a distal end portion of said pole being remote from said blade, at least one said segment being a first segment and having an exterior surface portion received inside an interior bore surface of a second segment having an open end, said first and second segments being keyed with a rib and groove arrangement to resist relative rotation between said first and second segments; a slide bearing member secured within an inner bore of said first segment, said slide bearing member including a radially extending flange that projects radially beyond said exterior surface of said first segment and is sized to engage said interior bore surface of said second segment; a first stop member in the form of a sleeve surrounding an end portion of said first segment having an outer bearing surface sized to engage said interior bore surface of said second segment and a circumferential outwardly extending first shoulder, said slide bearing and said first stop member cooperating to provide a gap between said exterior surface of said first segment and said interior bore surface of said second segment; a second stop member secured to an end portion of said second segment, said second stop portion having an inwardly extending second shoulder for engaging said first shoulder of said first stop member to prevent axial separation of said first and second segments; and a lock device mounted to said second segment adjacent said open end of said second segment receiving said first segment therein and operable to selectively lock said first and said second segments against relative axial movement at any of a plurality of axial positions between said first and said second segments.