Patent ID: 7267503
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: A46B,E04D

Abstract:
1. A tool for removing ice and snow from the lower periphery of a roof, said tool comprising: a pole having a first member and a second member, said first member adapted to receive said second member, said second member having a free end and extendable from said first member between a retracted position and an extended position, a twist compression lock secured to an end of said first member for releasably locking said second member in said extended position, a first arm extending generally perpendicularly from said free end of said second member and having a free end, a container pivotally suspended from said free end of said first arm, said container adapted to hold a de-icing material, a cable guide attached to said second member of said pole, a cable secured to a bottom portion of said container and extending from said container through said cable guide to said first member of said pole, and a brush extending generally perpendicularly from said free end of said second member opposite said first arm, whereby said pole is lengthened to extend said first arm over the lower periphery of the roof, whereby said cable is pulled by a user to tip said container to dispense the de-icing material along the lower periphery of the roof, and whereby said pole is rotated to extend said brush over the lower periphery of the roof to distribute said de-icing material.