SNOW RAKE

• US 20130139414A1
• Filed: 11/19/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jerrald Hogenson
• Original Assignee: Jerrald Hogenson
• Inventors: HOGENSON, JERRALD
• Application Number:
  US13/680,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20130139414A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 37/266
• CPC Class Codes: E01H 5/02 Hand implements E01H5/04, E01H5/10, E01H5/12 take precedence shovels or spades in general A01B1/02; brooms, brushes A46B
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/106 Snow removing devices for gutters E04D13/076

Abstract

The invention disclosed herein comprises a snow rake for use in removing snow from a roof. The snow rake comprises a handle, a plurality of scraper blades attached to the handle wherein the blades can pivot between a first and a second angle. The snow rake blades are further supported by a plurality of rotational guides rotationally attached to the handle. The snow rake may further include a weighted pole or rod attached to the handle portion of the device to offset the weight of the blades when extended some distance from the user.

Claims

1. A snow rake comprising:

a handle assembly;

a plurality of scraper blades attached to one end of said handle assembly, at least one of said plurality of scraper blades moveable between a first and a second position in a plane generally including said at least one scraper blade and generally perpendicular to an axis defined by said handle assembly.

2. The snow rake as defined in claim 1, further including at least one member for retaining said plurality of scraper blades on said end of said handle assembly.

3. The snow rake as defined in claim 1, further including a blade support for retaining said plurality of scraper blades on said end of said handle assembly.

4. The snow rake as defined in claim 1, further including at least one support brace interconnecting each of said plurality of scraper blades to said handle assembly.

5. The snow rake as defined in claim 1, further including a rotational guide disposed along said handle assembly distal from said one end of said handle assembly for supporting said plurality of scraper blades.

6. The snow rake as defined in claim 1, wherein all of said scraper blades are moveable relative to one another within a plane generally parallel to said plurality of scraper blades.

7. The snow rake as defined in claim 2, further including at least one rotational guide disposed along said handle assembly distal from said at least one support, said at least one support rotatable about an axis concentric with said handle assembly.

8. The snow rake as defined in claim 3, wherein said blade support includes a rotational lock for restricting angular movement of said blades.

9. The snow rake as defined in claim 5, wherein said rotational guide includes at least one annular flange disposed along said handle assembly, and a member attached to said handle assembly for maintaining a position of said at least one annular flange along said handle assembly.

10. The snow rake as defined in claim 7, further including at least one support brace interconnecting each of said scraper blades to said at least one support structure.

11. The snow rake as defined in claim 7, further including at least one support brace for interconnecting each of said plurality of scraper blades to said handle.

12. The snow rake as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said scraper blades includes radiused end, said axis of said radiused end substantially concentric with an axis defined by said handle assembly.

13. A snow rake assembly, comprising a handle assembly have a first and a second end;

a plurality of scraper blades on said first end of said handle assembly and pivotable about an axis defined by said handle assembly; and

an assembly extending through said plurality of scraper blades for fixing a position of one of said plurality of scraper blades relative to another of said plurality of scraper blades at an angle ranging between zero degrees and less than 180 degrees.

14. The snow rake as defined in claim 13, further including an assembly for retaining said plurality of said scraper blades proximate said first end of said handle assembly.

15. The snow rake as defined in claim 13, further including a rotational guide disposed along said handle assembly distal from said first end, and interconnected to said plurality of scraper blades, for transferring a load from said plurality of scraper blades to said handle assembly

16. The snow rakes as defined in claim 13, further including at least one support brace interconnecting each of said plurality of scraper blades to said handle assembly and moveable with each of said plurality of scraper blades.

17. The snow rake as defined in claim 13, further including a guide rotatable about an axis concentric with said handle assembly and interconnected to said plurality of scraper blades, said guide movable about said axis concentric with said handle assembly simultaneously with a moveable one of said plurality of scraper blades for keeping said moveable scraper blade disposed at an angle generally perpendicular to handle assembly.

18. The snow rake as defined in claim 14, wherein said assembly for retaining said plurality of said scraper blades proximate said first end of said handle assembly includes a rotational lock assembly received over an end of said handle assembly.

19. The snow rake as defined in claim 17, wherein said rotational guide comprises a flange received along said handle assembly, a portion of said flange including a bent tab.

20. A snow rake assembly, comprising:

a handle assembly having a first end and a second end;

a collar member received on said handle assembly and fixed in position proximate said first end;

a plurality of blades, each having one end received over said first end and on to said handle assembly and positioned intermediate said collar member and said first end of said handle assembly;

a rotational lock member received over said first end and attached to said handle assembly; and

a rotational guide having a first end received along said handle assembly and a second end attached to one of said plurality of blades;

wherein at least one of said plurality of blades is able to pivot about an axis defined by said handle assembly between a first position and a second position relative to another of said plurality of blades.