Patent ID: 8166677

Claim:
A manual snow plow comprising: a scoop for pushing snow and debris from a surface, further comprising: a receptacle having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a transverse curved rear wall joining said side walls and said top, and an open face; a blade attached to a lower end of said rear wall to scrape said surface and push said snow and debris into said receptacle; and, a means to adjustably secure said blade to said receptacle at a desired forward position and scraping angle, comprising: a plurality of adjustment apertures in each side of said rear wall lower end arranged adjacent to and parallel to said receptacle side walls; a pair of blade clamps affixed to opposing upper ends of said blade comprising a threaded aperture which aligns with an opposing pair of said plurality of adjustment apertures; and, a threaded fastener to secure said blade to said receptacle; a frame pivotally attached to said scoop for transferring a force exerted by a user to said scoop, further comprising: a pair of outer struts, wherein lower ends of said pair of outer struts are pivotally connected to said scoop; a pair of inner struts, wherein lower ends of said pair of inner struts are in a telescoping relationship with open upper ends of said pair of outer struts; a pair of curved shoulder braces pivotally connected to upper ends of said pair of inner struts; a pair of hand grips adjustably attached to under side surfaces of said pair of outer struts; and, a pair of wheel assemblies for guiding said scoop over uneven areas of said surface: a means to adjust a width of said frame to suit a particular shoulder width of said user; and, a means to adjust a height of said frame to suit a particular height of said user; wherein said scoop comprises a means to pivotably attach said frame to said scoop; and, wherein said blade protrudes past a lower edge of said rear wall.