Patent ID: 8732989

Claim:
A snowplow wheel kit in combination with a standard snowplow, said snowplow having a snowplow blade, the snowplow wheel kit comprising: a left unit and a right unit, each of the right and left unit comprising: a wheel; a castering assembly comprising: a U-shaped mount having a vertical left section, a vertical right section, and a horizontal section; a first aperture disposed on the left section; a second aperture disposed on the right section; an axle rotatably disposed between the first aperture and second aperture, the axle rotatably engaging the wheel; a cylindrical insert shaft having a bottom portion and a top portion, the insert shaft disposed upwardly from the horizontal section; an adjustable receiver mount attachable to a snowplow blade, the receiver mount comprising: a horizontally disposed parallelepiped flat plate, the flat plate having a hole centrally disposed therein and a forward edge; a sleeve perpendicularly disposed upwardly from the flat plate, the sleeve disposed circumferentially around the hole; an outer cross-bar affixed to the forward edge, the outer cross-bar having a first end and a second end; a first attachment wing perpendicularly disposed on the first end; an inner cross-bar adjustably extensible from within the outer cross-bar; an outward end disposed on the inner cross-bar; a second attachment wing perpendicularly disposed on the outward end; wherein the insert shaft top portion slidingly engages within the sleeve, the outer cross-bar attaches to a snowplow blade by means of the first attachment wing, the inner cross-bar attaches to a snowplow blade by means of the second wing; wherein the inner cross-bar is slidingly extensible from within the outer cross-bar and secureable therefrom; whereby the snowplow is supported by the snowplow wheel kit at a desired height above a ground surface.