Excavating – Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device – With specific means to facilitate connection to – or...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-17
2010-11-30
Beach, Thomas A (Department: 3671)
Excavating
Snow or ice removing or grooming by portable device
With specific means to facilitate connection to, or...
C037S232000, C037S235000, C037S266000, C172S272000, C172S810000, C172S817000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07841110
ABSTRACT:
A snow plow including a quick connect/disconnect hitch. The snow plow includes a hitch frame nose assembly configured to couple to a vehicle. The hitch frame nose assembly includes a chassis coupler secured at each end of a hitch frame tube with each chassis coupler including a traverse pin. A plow frame is included with the plow frame having a front portion and a rear portion. A plow blade is coupled to the front portion of the plow frame. A lift bar assembly is coupled to the rear portion of the plow frame. A lift bar assembly includes a pair of notched members with each notch member aligned with a corresponding chassis coupler of the hitch frame nose assembly. Each of the notched members is configured to engage the traverse pin in each of the chassis couplers, wherein the snow plow is pivotally coupled to the vehicle.
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Brunner Daniel M.
Buckbee Mark D.
Koch Timothy G.
Kuechler Kevin J.
Beach Thomas A
Buck Matthew R
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Sno-Way International, Inc.
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