Patent ID: 6843002

Claim:
A blade attachment for an off-road vehicle having a forward end, a rearward end, a right side, a left side, and an underside, comprising in combination: a mounting frame having rearward and forward ends; said rearward end of said mounting frame being pivotally connected, about a horizontal axis, to said vehicle and extending forwardly therefrom so that its said forward end is positioned forwardly of said forward end of said vehicle; said forward end of said mounting frame being selectively movable between raised and lowered positions; a blade having a right end and a left end; said blade being selectively, pivotally secured to said forward end of said mounting frame about a single vertical axis at a position generally intermediate said right end and said left end of said blade; an electrically driven motor operatively mounted on said mounting frame; said electrically driven motor being operatively connected to said blade so as to selectively pivotally move said blade between selected angular positions with respect to said mounting frame and the vehicle.