Patent ID: 8875419

Claim:
A snow plow for attachment to a vehicle including a winch having a flexible elongated member, wherein the flexible elongated member includes first and second ends, the first end connected to the winch and the second end including an attachment member; the snow plow comprising: a mounting apparatus including at least one mounting upright; a plow blade, the plow blade having a mold board and a retention apparatus, the retention apparatus constructed and arranged to disengageably secure the plow blade with the mounting apparatus during use; wherein the mounting upright includes a limiting member that limits upward movement of the retention apparatus when the plow blade is in a working orientation and the retention apparatus slides upward with respect to the mounting upright; and a hoist assembly including a generally vertically oriented lifting upright having first and second pieces, providing a plurality of rollers mounted between the first and second pieces at varying heights; wherein the elongated member resides at least partially in between the first and second pieces and at least partially around the rollers when engaged with the plow blade to lift the plow blade with respect to the mounting apparatus.