Patent ID: 8776405

Claim:
A snow plow, comprising: a main plow body comprising a moldboard; and a plurality of surface-engaging sections movably carried by the moldboard and depending from the moldboard in side-by-side relationship with one another; each of the surface-engaging sections being linearly movable relative to the moldboard between an extended position and a retracted position, independently of each other surface-engaging section, for adjusting to a contour of a surface being plowed; and each of the surface-engaging sections comprising: a main body portion carried by the moldboard; a surface-engaging trip blade portion pivotally carried by the main body portion so as to be pivotable between a surface-scraping position and a deflected position; and at least one biasing member acting between the main body portion and the trip blade portion to urge the trip blade portion toward the surface-scraping position; wherein: the main plow body further comprises a pair of opposed wing plates fixed to opposed longitudinal ends of the moldboard to cooperate with the moldboard for scooping snow; and the snow plow further comprises at least one bracing strut extending between the moldboard and each wing plate.