Patent ID: 8528237

Claim:
A snow plow for plowing snow, the snow plow for permanently attaching to a vehicle having a front bumper and a rear bumper, comprising: a frame assembly, the frame assembly having a beam with a bottom, a pair of ends and a top, the top attaching underneath the vehicle; a pair of plow blades that selectively extend to deploy for snow plowing and retract underneath the vehicle when not in use, a front plow blade and a rear plow blade, the plow blades each having a back and a pair of sides, each side having at least one extension panel, the front plow blade disposed horizontally underneath the vehicle and disposed vertically in front of the front bumper when extended, the rear plow blade disposed horizontally underneath the vehicle when retracted and disposed vertically behind the rear bumper when extended; and a plurality of hydraulic cylinders selectively extending and retracting the plow blades and extensions, a horizontal hydraulic cylinder attached to the beam end and to the back of the plow blade, the horizontal hydraulic cylinder extending the plow blade horizontally, advancing from underneath the vehicle beyond the bumper to deploy the plow blade and retracting the plow blade back underneath the vehicle when the plow blade is in a horizontal position, a slanting hydraulic cylinder attached to the bottom of the beam and to the back of the plow blade, the slanting hydraulic cylinder tilting the plow blade into a vertical position after the plow blade advances beyond the bumper when deploying the plow blade and tilting the plow blade into a horizontal position prior to retracting the plow blade back underneath the vehicle and a pair of extension hydraulic cylinders, each having a pair of ends, a first end attached to the back of the plow blade and a second end attached to an extension panel, the extension hydraulic cylinders telescopically extending the extension panels out from the sides of the plow blade when the plow blade is deployed in a vertical position and retracting the extension panels into the sides of the plow blade prior to retracting the plow blade back underneath the vehicle.