Removable snowplow assembly with pivotable lift stand

USRE35700E · kind E · reissue

Assignee

• Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C. · US

Inventors

• Gary E. Watson · Mequon, US
• James R. Doornek · Mequon, US
• Thomas Fechter · Hanau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1995
• Grant date: Dec 30, 1997
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A detachable snowplow blade lift assembly including a ..mount.!. .Iadd.mounting .Iaddend.frame permanently connected to the vehicle frame. A snowplow assembly including an A-frame and a snowplow blade mounted on the A-frame is pivotally connected to the ..mount.!. .Iadd.mounting .Iaddend.frame. A lift frame assembly including a lift actuator mechanism for raising and lowering the A-frame and snowplow blade is pivotally connected to the A-frame for rotation about a pivot axis. The snowplow blade lift assembly also includes a mounting arrangement for releasably connecting the A-frame and lift frame as a unit to the vehicle for pivotable movement of the A-frame relative to the vehicle and to the lift frame about the pivot axis. The A-frame mount affording pivotal movement of the A-frame and the lift frame about a common pivot axis provides a snowplow blade lift assembly which can be attached to, and detached from, the mounting frame as a unit and which has the capacity to stack snow.