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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127471 | Plow including independently moveable wings A snow plow is provided with an articulated wing blade. The snow plow includes a hitch frame nose assembly configured to couple to a vehicle by securing each of a chassis coupler to the vehicle chassis. A plow frame having a front portion and a rear portion is confi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8096066 | Extensible snowplough blade An extensible snowplough blade comprises a fixed blade body (10), having a substantially linear conformation in a longitudinal direction and is provided, at a posterior surface (11) thereof, with means for support (12). It further comprises a ra... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8051587 | Snowplow system, snow deflector apparatus and kit A snow deflector apparatus that easily attaches to a snowplow, a kit that includes two snow deflector apparatus and a control system, and to a snowplow system that includes two snow deflector apparatus and a control system. The snow deflector apparatus includes a de... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7779563 | Snowplow system, snow deflector apparatus and kit A snow deflector apparatus that easily attaches to a snowplow, a kit that includes two snow deflector apparatus and a control system, and to a snowplow system that includes two snow deflector apparatus and a control system. The snow deflector apparatus includes a de... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7743536 | Hinged plow and scraper blade A materials moving blade (1) comprising a main blade (3) having a materials engaging surface extending bounded by a first end, a second end, a top edge (37) and a lower edge (39) defining a hinge axis, a plurality of trip blades (9... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7730644 | Snowplow with pivoting sideblades The left and right sideblades are hinged to the mainblade about vertical axes, and can pivot each through 180°. The sideblades are rotated by means of left and right hydraulic rotary actuators. The actuator includes a piston formed with helical splines, which drive... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7584557 | Snow plowing system A detachable snow plow blade is driven by a skid-steer or other suitable vehicle. The detachable plow blade has hydraulically adjustable wing blades that each pivot under separate control about a main blade. Pins that support power cylinders between braces are arran... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7530184 | Working machine A working machine having a blade is disclosed, the blade comprising a body blade and an extension blade, the body blade having a body-side mounting portion having a body-side mounting hole and the extension blade having an extension-side mounting portion having an e... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7429158 | Expandable implement attachment An expandable implement attachment selectively connectable to a vehicle and having a frame assembly, a first bucket member laterally fixed to the frame assembly and a second bucket member laterally moveable relative to the frame assembly to provide a bucket with an ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7360327 | Material moving pusher/bucket A pusher/bucket has back plate with wings pivotably mounted at either end, and a drop blade pivotably mounted thereto. The drop blade can be secured in a raised position where it is superimposed over the back plate; when in the raised position, the wings can be posi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7134227 | Adjustable wing plow A plow assembly includes a pair of plow wings which are pivotally mounted at opposite ends of a center plow. Each of the plow wings may pivot between a forwardly angled position and an aligned position. The plow assembly may pivot a trailing plow wing in response to... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7107710 | Mounting bracket for side blade A frontward blade mounting bracket, for connecting the front end of a side blade to a vehicle side adjacent a road surface, includes a spacer and an elongate guide member. The spacer has opposed first and second spacer ends. The first spacer end is pivotally connect... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7000338 | Positioning device for side wing A device for selectively positioning a side wing relative to the side of a motor vehicle it is mounted on and to the adjacent road surface is disclosed. The device includes first and second longitudinal end members pivotally connected to the vehicle side and to a re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6877258 | Front retracting plow The plow includes a vehicle mount for mounting the plow to a host vehicle, and a main blade mounted to the vehicle mount The plow further includes a pair of wing blades pivotally mounted to the main blade for travel in an arcuate path relative to the main blade, and... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6681505 | Snow plow barrier attachment A snow plow blade includes a selectively extendable barrier attachment. The barrier attachment includes a base pivotally secured to the plow blade and secured to one end of each of a number of flexible members that are also engaged by a retraction mechani... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6581307 | Wing plow assembly A wing plow assembly includes a base member for mounting to a plowing vehicle (or to structures connected to a plowing vehicle, such as on a plow frame for a front moldboard). Upper and lower height adjustment arms each have a base end pivotally anchored ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6470604 | Snowplow attachment for pushing and pulling snow up close to buildings or other permanent structures A snowplow attachment for mounting to the front end of a vehicle that includes both a push blade operable during forward movement of vehicle and a pull blade operable during reverse movement of the vehicle. The pull blade drops down in front of the push b... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6463683 | End gate for grader blade An end gate for a grader blade includes a first body attachable to a grader blade. A second body is provided which supports a barrier member. The second body is pivotally secured to the first body for movement between a lowered operative position and a ra... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6412200 | Retractable side wing assembly A retractable side wing assembly, adapted to be mounted on a side of a road vehicle for clearing snow off the same, includes a scraper having a frontward end pivotally secured to the side of the vehicle and a rearwardly and outwardly extending free end, a... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6112438 | Snow plow A snow plow includes a central blade and left and right end blades pivotally connected to the ends of the central blade for movement between open positions in line with the central blade, and folded positions forward of the central blade. The rear of the ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5848654 | Laterally articulable blade for a bulldozer device or the like and method for use thereof A laterally articulable blade for a bulldozing device. A main blade portion and an articulable blade portion extend along the same elongate axis so that the blade portions are co-linear when the blade is in a "straight" configuration. A hinge is pivotally... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5809672 | Manually actuated laterally positionable wing plow yoke A wing plow yoke which may be manually actuated to laterally move outwardly from the front side of a plowing vehicle to allow access to the vehicle's hood, and thus to its engine. Mounting brackets attached to opposite sides of the front of the vehicle ar... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5599135 | Asphalt spreader An asphalt spreader for spreading asphalt into ruts in a roadway. The spreader includes a main blade that has wings on either end to keep asphalt before the blade. The blade also has a wedge-shaped center portion which diverts asphalt toward either side o... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5595007 | Trailer-type snowplow The invention is a trailer-type snowplow assembly. The assembly includes one pivot mechanism that allows the plow blade to be raised or lowered. The assembly further includes a free pivot assembly that allows the blade to freely pivot in a transverse dire... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5505268 | Bidirectional field implement An implement for preparing a field includes a ground engaging device that allows the implement to be pushed or pulled on the field. The ground engaging device includes a reversible roller with projections joined to an outer surface thereof to engage the g... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5437113 | Snow plow trip cutting edge A plow blade assembly including a moldboard, displaceable trip cutting edge connected to the moldboard, a moldboard receiving surface attached to the backside of the moldboard, a trip cutting edge contact surface attached to the backside of the trip blade... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5285588 | Winged plow A winged plow for moving snow or other materials with a vehicle has a support frame pivotally connected with one end of a plow vehicle. An elongated plow blade having two opposing ends is pivotally connected with the terminal end of the support frame for ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5148617 | Wing plow mounting support framework The support framework for supported mounting of a mounting arm of a wing plow blade includes two mirror image sections, one mounted on each side wall of a forward plow frame. Each section includes a substantially squared peripheral lip within which a firs... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4962600 | Wing assembly for use with a plow blade A wing assembly is mountable to a plow blade driven in a direction of travel by a vehicle, and preferably left and right wing assemblies are respectively mounted on the left and right side edges of the plow blade. A representative wing assembly provides a... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4802293 | Adjustable earth-moving attachment for a vehicle An earth-moving attachment for use with a vehicle includes a pair of earth-moving blade assemblies mounted on a main beam. The earth-moving blade assemblies are adapted to be independently movable in several planes with respect to each other and with resp... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4709492 | Pushing apparatus, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A device for back scraping snow, earth, or other like substances which generally includes a truck having a concave snowplow blade mounted on its front. The blade has shoes provided on its backside, wedge shaped hinged connections mounted on the shoes, and... | 12/01/1987 |