Patent ID: 8813396

Claim:
An apparatus for removing snow from a pitched surface consisting essentially of a substantially rectangular, flat, flexible sheet, said sheet comprising a snow grasping bottom surface and a snow sliding top surface, wherein said sheet, when laid on top of a blanket of snow on the pitched surface with the snow grasping surface down, is conformable to the shape of the snow, said apparatus not having a frame or other structural support member or a paddle, blade or other snow moving device, said snow sliding top surface being smooth and substantially water impermeable and being made of a flexible material that allows snow to slide down the sheet when it is positioned on a pitched roof, said snow grasping bottom surface comprising discrete snow grasping devices that are patches or strips of coarse material adhered to the snow grasping surface of the sheet, whereby the apparatus is held in place after being laid on top of a blanket of snow by the snow grasping devices and wherein the devices are substantially flat and flexible.