Device with removal head and lighting element

• US 9,925,961 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2017
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Weather Brands LLC
• Original Assignee: Snow Joe, LLC
• Inventors: Cohen, Joseph S.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHIN, RANDALL E
• Application Number:
  US15/398,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20170113660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/12 Implements with several different treating devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 3/045 Other hand-held cleaning arrangements, e.g. with sponges, brushes, scrapers or the like brushes per se A46B
• 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: F21V 33/0084 Hand tools; Toolboxes

Abstract

A device or tool for removing snow and other debris from vehicles, and other surfaces including a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a scraper portion coupled to the first end, and a head coupled to the second end. One or more light emitting elements are incorporated into the head to provide for ease of use in low light situations. The head may be a laterally extended foam head that is non-abrasive, freeze resistant, and durable. The handle may include a telescopic extension to allow a reach of a user to be increased or decreased allowing the user to clear away snow and other debris from various sizes of vehicles.

Claims

1. A snow removal tool, comprising:

a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;

a snow scraper portion coupled to the first end;

a laterally extended snow removal head coupled to the second end;

a light emitting element coupled to the laterally extended snow removal head; and

a battery housing coupled to the light emitting element.

2. The snow removal tool according to claim 1, further comprising a first plate disposed in a first recess on a first side of the laterally extended snow removal head, the first plate having a threaded connection configured to couple the laterally extended snow removal head to the second end.

3. The snow removal tool according to claim 2, further comprising a second plate disposed in a second recess on a second side of the laterally extended snow removal head, the second plate configured to couple to the first plate.

4. The snow removal tool according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting element is disposed in the second plate and the light emitting element emits light in a direction away from the handle.

5. The snow removal tool according to claim 4, wherein the second plate includes a battery housing extending from the second plate in a direction towards the first plate, and the battery housing is electrically coupled to the light emitting element.

6. The snow removal tool according to claim 5, further comprising a battery housing cap coupled to the battery housing, the battery housing cap including a switch configured to turn on and off the light emitting element.

7. The snow removal tool according to claim 2, wherein the first plate includes a substantially oval central portion and substantially rectangular portions extending in opposite directions from the substantially oval central portion.

8. The snow removal tool according to claim 7, wherein the substantially oval central portion has a width larger than a width of the substantially rectangular portions.

9. The snow removal tool according to claim 3, wherein the second plate includes a substantially oval central portion and substantially rectangular portions extending in opposite directions from the substantially oval central portion.

10. The snow removal tool according to claim 5, wherein the battery housing cap extends through an aperture in the first plate and mates with the battery housing, and the switch is accessible to a user from an external side of the first plate.

11. A snow removal tool, comprising:

a laterally extended snow removal head having a first side and a second side opposite the first side;

a first plate disposed on the first side;

a second plate disposed on the second side;

a handle having a first end coupled to the first plate;

a light emitting element coupled to the second plate and configured to emit light in a direction away from the first plate; and

a battery housing coupled to the light emitting element.

12. The snow removal tool according to claim 11, wherein the second plate includes a battery housing extending from the second plate in a direction towards the first plate, and the battery housing is electrically coupled to the light emitting element.

13. The snow removal tool according to claim 12, further comprising a battery housing cap coupled to the battery housing, the battery housing cap including a switch configured to turn on and off the light emitting element.

14. The snow removal tool according to claim 13, wherein the battery housing cap extends through an aperture in the first plate and mates with the battery housing, and the switch is accessible to a user from an external side of the first plate.

15. The snow removal tool according to claim 11, further comprising at least one resiliently deflectable prong protruding from the first plate and configured to receive and extend around at least a portion of an exterior of the handle and couple the handle to the first plate in a lengthwise orientation when the first end of the handle is removed from coupling with the first plate.

16. The snow removal tool according to claim 15, wherein the at least one resiliently deflectable prong includes a first resiliently deflectable prong and a second resiliently deflectable prong.

17. The snow removal tool according to claim 11, wherein the handle is configured to extend telescopically.

18. The snow removal tool according to claim 11, wherein the handle includes a second end opposite the first end, and further comprising a snow scraper coupled to a second end.

19. The snow removal tool according to claim 11, further comprising a second light emitting element coupled to the first plate and configured to emit light in a direction away from the second plate.

20. The snow removal tool according to claim 11, wherein the light emitting element includes more than one light emitting element arranged in a pattern.