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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2004
Andre Lafleur, Boucherville, CA;
Andre Lafleur, Boucherville, CA;
Andre Lafleur RD & D Inc., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A snow tool for removing snow from vehicles having a telescopic handle and a brush disposable either longitudinally or transversally. The telescopic handle has first and second members connected in a sliding relationship and providing retracted and extended states of the handle. The snow tool has a pair of arms provided with bristles and movable between a closed position where the arms extend along the handle and an open position where the arms extend transversally thereto. The snow tool is provided with a compression spring for urging the first and second members into the extended state, and first and second locking devices for locking the first and second members with respect to each other in the retracted state and in the extended state respectively. The snow tool also has third and fourth locking devices for locking the arms in the open position and in the closed position respectively.