ADJUSTABLE SNOW SHOVEL SYSTEM

摘要

An adjustable snow shovel system for facilitating effective removal of snow that has an ergonomically optimized handle for steering. The system has a blade-angle adjustment mechanism for extending and retracting shovel blades as appropriate for shovelling snow. The blade-angle adjustment mechanism is protected by a nose piece that also assists with removing snow. The system has a truck assembly that allows the system's wheels to swivel 360 degrees for fluid steering. The entire truck assembly can also swivel 180 degrees, allowing for easy storage of the system.

主权项

1. An adjustable snow shovel system (999) for facilitating effective removal of snow, comprising:
a rectangular-tubular frame (100) having a body section (110) and a handle section (120), the handle section (120) having a V-shaped outline, wherein the valley of the handle section (120) defines a rest surface (125) on which users can push the system (999) with body weight, wherein the handle section (120) comprises a handle first side (121), a handle second side (122), a handle top end (123), and a handle bottom end (124), wherein a handle mid-piece (128) is disposed from the handle first side (121) to the handle second side (122), wherein a first handle bar (126) and a second handle bar (127) are disposed 90 degrees to and through the handle mid-piece (128) from the handle bottom end (124) to the handle top end (123), wherein the first handle bar (126) and the second handle bar (127) are symmetrically offset from the center of the handle section (120), wherein pushing the handle top end (123) with the first handle bar (126) or second handle bar (127) allows for fluid steering of the system (999), the body section (110) having a trapezoidal-shaped outline, wherein the body section (110) comprises a body first side (111), body second side (112), body top end (113), and a body bottom end (114), wherein a first body support (115) and a second body support (116) are disposed from the body first side (111) across to the body second side (112), a blade-angle adjustment mechanism (200) having a pair of racks (210) and a pinion (220), wherein the pair of racks (210) each has a rack first end (211) and a rack second end (212), wherein a pair of arms (230) each comprises an arm first end (231) and an arm second end (232), wherein the arm second end (232) has a hinge hole (240), wherein the arm first end (231) is disposed on the rack second end (212), a shovel blade assembly (300) having a pair of blades (310), wherein each blade (310) has a blade arm hub (320) and a blade arm clip (330), wherein each blade (310) has a blade top end (340) and a blade bottom end (350) both adapted to shovel snow, wherein the pair of blades (310) are pivotally connected via a hinge (360), wherein a V-shaped shovel nose (370) covers and protects the hinge (360), wherein the shovel nose (370) prevents snow from impeding the system's (999) mobility, a truck assembly (400) having a goose neck-shaped wheel support tube (410), a spindle (420), and a pair of wheels (430), wherein the wheel support tube (410) comprises a tube first end (411) and a tube second end (412), wherein the spindle (420) is disposed on the tube second end (412), wherein the pair of wheels (430) are disposed on the spindle (420), wherein the pair of wheels (430) can swivel 360 degrees via the spindle (420) rotating about the tube second end (412), wherein the mobility from the pair of wheels (430) allows for fluid navigation of the system (999),
wherein the handle bottom end (124) is fluidly disposed on the handle top end (123),wherein the blade-angle adjustment mechanism (200) is disposed in between the second body support (116) and the body bottom end (114), wherein the blade-angle adjustment mechanism (200) is sandwiched between a first body cover plate (510) and a second body cover plate (520), wherein the first body cover plate (510) and second body cover plate (520) are disposed on the body section (110) from the second body support (116) to the body bottom end (114),wherein the shovel blade assembly (300) is pivotally connected to the blade-angle adjustment mechanism (200) via the blade arm hub (320) interfacing with the hinge hole (240), wherein the blade arm clip (330) secures the arm (230) when the pair of blades (310) are in-line with each other,wherein an angle adjustment shaft (600) comprises a shaft first end (610) and a shaft second end (620), wherein the shaft first end (610) is disposed through the first body support (115) and second body support (116) to key into the pinion (220), wherein the shaft second end (620) is secured to the first body support (115) via a pair of shaft clips (630), wherein removing the shaft second end (620) from the pair of shaft clips (630) and turning the shaft second end (620) activates the pinion (220), thus changing the angle of the shovel blade assembly (300) and allowing for more than six configurations of the system (999),wherein a tube housing (530) is centrally disposed on the second body cover plate (520), wherein the tube first end (411) inserts through and secures to the tube housing (530) such that the pair of wheels (430) contact the ground, wherein the angle of the system (999) relative to the ground is adjustable via adjusting the extent to which the tube first end (411) is secured to the tube housing (530), wherein the tube first end (411) can be swiveled 180 degrees to store the pair of wheels (430) in between the first body support (115) and second body support (116).