Patent ID: 7412786

Claim:
A snow mower blade, the blade for use with a rotary type lawn mower having a wheeled housing for movement over a surface of operation, the lawn mower having a side discharge chute and a motor mounted on the housing with a crankshaft extending into the housing, a deck on an underside of the housing, the blade for removably mounting on a lower end of the crankshaft, the blade comprising: an elongated horizontal having a length and two opposite ends; a crankshaft mount in a center of the horizontal, the mount for use in removably mounting the horizontal to the crankshaft of the lawn mower; an angle at each end of the horizontal, wherein the angle smoothly transitions the horizontal into a vertical end, the angle thereby assisting in lifting snow from the surface; a pair of flexible spaced apart aerodynamic wipers, each wiper having a length and a width, each wiper comprised of cloth-impregnated rubber, each wiper disposed between the mount and the angle, the wipers extending upwardly toward the deck, each wiper at an angle to the length of the horizontal, each wiper further comprising: a plurality of rounded ribs, the ribs parallel to the width of the wiper; a plurality of indentions, each indention parallel to the width of the wiper, each indention separating two ribs; a pair of vertically mounted paddles plates, each paddle plate mounted to the vertical end of each angle; a pair of paddles, each paddle having a first side and a second side, a portion of the first side against the paddle plate, the paddle extending downwardly therefrom toward the surface of operation; a clamp plate, the clamp plate against the second side of the paddle; a plurality of fasteners, each fastener holding the paddle between the clamp plate and the paddle plate, whereby rotation of the blade clears snow from the surface and ejects it out of the chute of the lawn mower.