| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38665 |
Wireless snow plow control system |
December 7, 2004 |
| A snow plowing system utilizing a wireless radio remote control to control a snow plow mounted to the front of a vehicle. The plowing system comprises a snow plow blade, mounting mechanism connected to the vehicle for mounting the snow plow blade to the vehicle, the snow plow blade being |
| 7513069 |
Snow plow jack stand |
April 7, 2009 |
| A jack stand for a snow removal system including an easily vertically positionable frame retaining bracket and locking mechanism is provided. The jack stand is configurable between a lowered, operational position and a raised, stored position, wherein the jack stand includes a locking |
| 7438458 |
Independent lighting energy interruption system and method |
October 21, 2008 |
| An auxiliary lighting energy interruption system for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such auxiliary lighting energy interruption systems to the lighting system of a vehicle upon which the vehicle acc |
| 7431227 |
Mounting assembly for removably mounting a hopper spreader to a vehicle |
October 7, 2008 |
| A mounting assembly for removably mounting a hopper spreader to a trailer hitch of a vehicle includes an elongated mounting bar adapted to be secured to the hopper spreader and a hitch adapter carried by the mounting bar which is adapted to be received by the trailer hitch for suppor |
| 7410281 |
Independent lighting energy interruption system with advanced reconfiguration and method |
August 12, 2008 |
| A reconfigurable auxiliary lighting energy interruption system for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such systems to the lighting system of a vehicle upon which the vehicle accessory is mounted to prov |
| 7171770 |
Trip edge snow plow blade |
February 6, 2007 |
| An improved snow plow blade is disclosed which has a fixed upper plow blade and a pivoting lower trip blade mounted on the swing frame of the snow plow with the axis of rotation of the trip blade being directly in line with the swing frame and the support frame of the snow plow. Since |
| 7171769 |
Hitch system using a video camera to facilitate hitch alignment |
February 6, 2007 |
| A video monitoring system is disclosed which may be used by the operator of a vehicle to guide the approach of the vehicle to an implement or a trailer or the like to bring connecting members of a hitch mechanism respectively located on the vehicle and on the implement or trailer into |
| 7146754 |
Snow plow quick connect/disconnect hitch mechanism and method |
December 12, 2006 |
| An improved snow plow for use with light and medium duty trucks is disclosed which has a hitch mounting mechanism and method that enables the snow plow to be easily and quickly mounted to and detached from a truck without requiring tools. The snow plow hitch mounting mechanism has fo |
| 7137724 |
Independent lighting system and method |
November 21, 2006 |
| An auxiliary lighting systems for use with snow plows and like front-mounted vehicle accessories is disclosed which facilitates the interconnection of such auxiliary lighting systems to the lighting system of a vehicle upon which the vehicle accessory is mounted to provide power to a |
| 6860040 |
Cushion stop and method for absorbing bidirectional impact of snow plow blade tripping |
March 1, 2005 |
| An improved snow plow for use with light and medium duty trucks has an impact-absorbing mechanism which absorbs the shocks of both the tripping of the snow plow blade upon striking an object and the spring-biased return of the snow plow blade to its original position. Impact-absorbing |
| 6860039 |
Snow plow quick connect/disconnect hitch mechanism and method |
March 1, 2005 |
| An improved snow plow for use with light and medium duty trucks is disclosed which has a hitch mounting mechanism and method that enables the snow plow to be easily and quickly mounted to and detached from a truck without requiring tools. The snow plow hitch mounting mechanism has four |
| 6778932 |
Apparatus and method for testing snow removal equipment |
August 17, 2004 |
| An apparatus and method for analyzing and diagnosing the operational condition and malfunctions of snow removal equipment. A diagnostic interfaces coupled to snow removal equipment and to an analysis retrieves and analyzes data and compares the data to a set of reference data. The ap |
| 6775933 |
Snow plow having an in-line frame design and method of making the same |
August 17, 2004 |
| An improved snow plow for use with light and medium duty trucks is disclosed which has a frame which uses an in-line design to eliminate the presence of rotational or torsional force in the frame members of the snow plow, which design provides an improved degree of ground clearance as |
| 6702208 |
Hopper spreader apparatus for dry, free flow materials |
March 9, 2004 |
| A hopper spreader apparatus for spreading materials such as salt, sand or seed includes a motor for rotating a spinner for distributing particulate matter delivered to the spinner. The hopper spreader apparatus is adapted for mounting on a skid steer loader unit. In one embodiment, the d |
| 6701646 |
Spring bracket design and method for snow plow blade tripping mechanism |
March 9, 2004 |
| An improved snow plow for use with light and medium duty trucks is disclosed which has blade trip springs which are mounted using brackets located to direct the force of the springs in directions which are orthogonal to the axis upon which the plow blade pivots, thereby increasing th |
| 6691435 |
Plow system including a hydraulic fluid diverter |
February 17, 2004 |
| A snow plow system for use with a skid steer loader includes a V-plow blade that is repositionable by a hydraulic actuator operated by pressurized hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator from the auxiliary hydraulic output of the skid steer loader. A normally open valve diverts hydrauli |
| 6643601 |
Apparatus and method for testing snow removal equipment |
November 4, 2003 |
| An apparatus and method for analyzing and diagnosing the operational condition and malfunctions of snow removal equipment. A diagnostic interfaces coupled to snow removal equipment and to an analysis retrieves and analyzes data and compares the data to a set of reference data. The ap |
| 6618965 |
Cushion stop and method for absorbing bidirectional impact of snow plow blade tripping |
September 16, 2003 |
| An improved snow plow for use with light and medium duty trucks is disclosed which has an impact-absorbing mechanism which absorbs the shocks of both the tripping of the snow plow blade upon striking an object and the spring-biased return of the snow plow blade to its original position. |
| 6351722 |
Apparatus and method for testing snow removal equipment |
February 26, 2002 |
| An apparatus and method for analyzing and diagnosing the operational condition and malfunctions of snow removal equipment. A diagnostic interface, coupled to the snow removal equipment and to an analysis module, retrieves and analyzes data and compares the data to a set of reference |
| 6044579 |
Articulated snowplow system |
April 4, 2000 |
| An articulated snow plow system for use with a vehicle includes a blade center section having a moldboard section and left and right extending plowblade sections which are wider than the blade center section. The extending plowblade sections each include a moldboard section and are m |
| 5987785 |
Reactive controlled mechanism for a snow-plow |
November 23, 1999 |
| A snow-plow system having four major features: lighting system, a quick and easy disconnect/connect system, a reactive controlled pressure mechanism for applying a controlled pressure to the bottom edge of the moldboard of the plow, and a simple electric control to activate or de-activat |
| 5894688 |
Power assisted snowplow support stand |
April 20, 1999 |
| A power assisted snowplow stand for allowing an operator of a snowplow the ability to position the snowplow to connect and disconnect the snowplow. The snowplow stand generally including a stand structure coupled to a power assist mechanism. The stand structure coupled to the snowplow. T |
| 5829174 |
Articulated snowplow system |
November 3, 1998 |
| An articulated snow plow system for use with a vehicle comprising a mounting plowblade section having a moldboard section, at least two mounting sides, and at least one mounting structure located on each of the mounting sides; and a plurality of extending plowblade sections each havi |
| 5524368 |
Wireless snow plow control system |
June 11, 1996 |
| A snow plowing system utilizing a wireless radio remote control to control a snow plow mounted to the front of a vehicle. The plowing system comprises a snow plow blade, mounting mechanism connected to the vehicle for mounting the snow plow blade to the vehicle, the snow plow blade being |
