Patent ID: 7905035

Claim:
A clearing bar for a clearing blade of a snowplow, the clearing bar comprising: (a) an attachment neck for connection of the clearing bar to the clearing blade at an upper end of the clearing bar, the attachment neck being essentially planar in a plane; (b) a first curved contour on a front face of the clearing bar, the first curved contour having an apex lying outside of the plane of the attachment neck, wherein a first tangent of the first curved contour at the apex is parallel to the plane of the attachment neck, wherein a second tangent of the first curved contour at a point adjacent the apex penetrates the plane of the attachment neck, wherein the apex has a plumb point in the plane of the attachment neck, wherein a first distance between the plumb point and an area of the attachment neck for accommodating an attachment member is smaller than a second distance between the plumb point and an intersection point of the plane of the attachment neck and a lowermost plane of the clearing bar, and wherein the apex is at least aligned in a vertical manner with the area of the attachment neck for accommodating an attachment member.