Patent ID: 7805861

Claim:
An apparatus for removing snow form a ground surface, comprising: a main plate disposed over a ground surface; a mini-plate disposed underneath a center portion of said main plate, said mini-plate being co-planar with said main plate and substantially parallel to and spaced apart from ends of said main plate so as to reinforce said main plate when said mini plate and said main plate are lifted and tilted upward; a motor disposed in a motor housing; and a set of cables connecting said main plate to said mini plate to said motor so that said motor is capable of pivoting said main plate upward said motor pulls said cables in order to lift and tilt one side of said main plate upward so that snow deposited on said main plate slides off of said main plate when it is tilted, said set of cables including three cables arranged in a Y-shaped configuration where a first of said three cables has a first end and a second end that are each connected to a respective corner of two corners of said one side of said main plate to facilitate lifting and tilting said main plate upward, said second of said three cables has a portion that passes through an opening in said center portion of said main plate and connects to said mini plate and a third cable of said three cables that is connected to said opening of said center portion of said main plate and is interconnected to said first and second cables at one end near to said mini-plate and at another end to said motor.