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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen P Whitehead, Elgin, IL (US);
Michael R Vogler, Aurora, IL (US);
Torrence C Anderson, Aurora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Suncast Corporation, Batavia, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B / ; E01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 545 ; 294 57 ;
Abstract
A telescoping snow tool can be conveniently retracted for compact storage in vehicles and can be easily extended for use in shoveling and removing snow or ice. The comfortable telescoping snow tool can have an outer composite shaft with a manually grippable, thermally insulating sleeve that encloses a tubular metal core into which slides an inner shaft. The inner shaft can comprise a metal tube with a protective coating. The telescoping snow tool can have a handgrip and a blade, such as a lightweight plastic snow shovel blade.