Patent ID: 9032650
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
1. A plow attachment for a snow blower, the plow attachment comprising: an arcuate plow member having a concave front surface and a convex rear surface, top and bottom edges, and left and right side edges extending between the top and bottom edges, first and second openings formed between the top and bottom edges and spaced inward from the side edges; left and right hook-shaped brackets each having a plow-mounting leg and a blower-mounting leg angularly aligned to one another, an elongated plow-mounting slot formed in each of the plow mounting legs of the left and right hook-shaped brackets and an elongated blower mounting slot formed in each of the blower-mounting legs of the left and right hook-shaped brackets; first and second plow member fastening portions for removably fastening the left and right hook-shaped brackets to the plow member, the first and second plow member fastening portions being configured for insertion through the elongated plow-mounting slots in the plow-mounting legs of the left and right hook-shaped bracket member and the opening formed in the plow member; first and second snow blower fastening portions for removably coupling the left and right hook-shaped brackets to the snow blower, the first and second snow blower fastening portions being configured to be inserted through the elongated blower-mounting slots in the blower mounting legs of the left and right hook-shaped bracket members and through openings formed in the snow blower; left and right L-shaped angling members mounted on a rear surface of the plow member in proximity to the left and right edges thereof, each of the L-shaped angling members having a wide portion with opposite ends spaced apart along a front-to-rear direction and a narrow portion extending from one of the ends of the wide portion to define a corner, a hole formed in the wide portion in proximity to the corner and extending in the front-to-rear direction at a position aligned with the narrow portion; and a bolt extending into the hole and rotatably coupling the L-shaped angling member to the rear surface of the plow member, wherein each of the left and right L-shaped angling members are independently rotatable about the bolt for adjusting a spacing between the plow member and the snow blower depending on orientations of the wide and narrow portions relative to the plow member and the snow blower.