| 摘要 |
A self-adjusting snow plow for use with pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles is disclosed. The snow plow includes a mounting apparatus for attachment to a vehicle and a plow blade having first and second ends, a top , a bottom, a plurality of retention members and a rubber scraper. The mountin g apparatus includes a part of mounting uprights and a hitch tongue which is easily mounted in a hitch receiver which is secured to the front of a vehicl e. The retention members are constructed and arranged to at least partially encircle one of the respective mounting uprights when the plow blade is engaged with the mounting apparatus in a working orientation such that the plow blade is in contact with the ground or objects on the ground. Each of t he respective retention member is slidably engaged with one of the respective mounting uprights when the plow blade is in a working orientation. The retention members allow the respective ends of the plow blade to slide upwar d relative to the mounting upright most proximate to that end of the plow whil e the other end of the plow remains generally in the same position relative to the mounting upright proximate that end of the plow blade. The retention members also permit the bottom of the plow blade to freely pivot away from t he respective mounting uprights when the plow blade is engaged with the mountin g apparatus in a working orientation and the vehicle is in motion in a directi on rearward of the plow blade.
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