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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:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Tisbo, Barrington, Hills, IL (US);
Stephen P Whitehead, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Suncast Corporation, Batavia, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301645 ; 30315 ; 294 545 ; 294 57 ;
Abstract
A user-friendly ice scraper is provided to chop and scrape ice. The sturdy ice scraper has a blade housing which holds an ice scraper blade. The blade housing can comprise a plastic blade holder with flared ribs. Advantageously, the ice scraper has a high strength composite handle with a metal core and plastic sleeve. The handle preferably includes a cap or other handgrip at its upper end.