Snowplow assembly and methods of use thereof
A snowplow assembly for attachment to a vehicle, comprising a first plow blade assembly and a second plow blade assembly, connectable to each other by a hinge; a support assembly fixedly couplable to the first plow blade assembly; and wherein the first and second plow blade assemblies are configured to be angularly adjustable relative to at least a portion of the support assembly.
1 . A snowplow assembly configured for attachment to a vehicle comprising:
a first plow blade assembly having a forwardly facing surface configured to face away from the vehicle and a rearwardly facing surface configured to face toward the vehicle and
a second plow blade assembly having a forwardly facing surface configured to face away from the vehicle and a rearwardly facing surface configured to face toward the vehicle, connectable to each other by a hinge;
a support assembly having a base arm extending along a longitudinal axis and having at least two arms extending in different angular directions with respect to said base arm, a first one of said at least two arms is selectably fixedly attached to said rearwardly facing surface of said first plow blade assembly and a second one of said at least two arms is selectably fixedly attached to said rearwardly facing surface of said second plow blade assembly, thus selectably fixating the first and second plow blades respective rearwardly facing surfaces to said support assembly; and
a connecting rod, configured to connect said first plow blade assembly to said second plow blade assembly in a first operative orientation and configured to selectably release said second plow blade assembly from said first plow blade assembly in a second operative orientation, thereby allowing pivotable folding of said first and second plow blade assemblies about said hinge, so as said forwardly facing surfaces of said first plow blade assembly and said second plow blade assembly face each other upon selectably detaching said second one of said at least two arms from said second plow blade assembly,
and wherein said first and second plow blade assemblies extend along a mutual longitudinal axis when connected to each other by said hinge and fixated by said connecting rod.
2 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 1 and wherein adjustment of angular orientation of said first one of said at least two arms relative to said first plow blade assembly and adjustment of said second one of said at least two arms relative to said second plow blade assembly provides for adjustment of angular orientation of both said first and second plow blade assemblies relative to said base arm.
3 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 1 and wherein at least one of said at least two arms is configured to be attached to either said first plow blade assembly or said second plow blade assembly by a bracket having an array of spaced apart openings formed therein and a fastener that is selectably insertable into one of said openings.
4 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 3 and wherein relative angular orientation between both said first and second plow blade assemblies and said base arm is configured to be adjusted by changing the position of said fastener to be inserted into a different one of said openings.
5 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one extension configured to be releasably connected to at least one of said first and second plow blade assemblies, thereby increasing the effective length thereof.
6 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 1 and wherein said support assembly further comprises a base portion that is pivotably connected to a hitch connector.
7 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 1 and wherein said base arm is pivotably connected to said first plow blade assembly or to said second plow blade assembly.
8 . A snowplow assembly configured for attachment to a vehicle comprising:
a first plow blade assembly having a forwardly facing surface configured to face away from the vehicle and a rearwardly facing surface configured to face toward the vehicle and
a second plow blade assembly having a forwardly facing surface configured to face away from the vehicle and a rearwardly facing surface configured to face toward the vehicle, connectable to each other by a hinge;
a support assembly fixedly couplable to said rearwardly facing surface of said first plow blade assembly and comprising at least one connecting rod;
said at least one connecting rod is configured to selectably couple said support assembly with said rearwardly facing surface of said second plow blade assembly, thus fixating the first and second plow blade assemblies relative to each other, and wherein said at least one connecting rod is configured to selectably release said second plow blade assembly from said support assembly to allow pivotable folding of said first and second plow blade assemblies about said hinge, so as said forwardly facing surfaces of said first plow blade assembly and said second plow blade assembly face each other,
and wherein said first and second plow blade assemblies extend along a mutual longitudinal axis when connected to each other by said hinge and fixated by said connecting rod.
9 . A snowplow assembly for attachment to a vehicle, comprising:
a first plow blade assembly having a forwardly facing surface configured to face away from the vehicle and a rearwardly facing surface configured to face toward the vehicle and
a second plow blade assembly having a forwardly facing surface configured to face away from the vehicle and a rearwardly facing surface configured to face toward the vehicle, connectable to each other by a hinge;
a support assembly fixedly couplable to said rearwardly facing surface of said first plow blade assembly and comprising a connecting rod;
wherein said first and second plow blade assemblies are pivotably folded so as said forwardly facing surfaces of said first plow blade assembly and said second plow blade assembly face each other upon releasing said connecting rod from said second plow blade assembly,
and wherein said first and second plow blade assemblies extend along a mutual longitudinal axis when connected to each other by said hinge and fixated by said connecting rod.
10 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 9 and wherein said support assembly further comprising a supporting arm that is pivotably connected to a hitch connector and an adjusting bracket that is pivotably connected to the supporting arm and wherein said adjusting bracket is selectably pivotably connected to said connecting rod.
11 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 10 and wherein said supporting arm is biased downwardly to the ground when not being secured in a raised operative orientation.
12 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 10 and wherein said adjusting bracket is configured to be moveably coupled to said supporting arm, thereby providing automatic angular adjustment of said first and second plow blade assemblies relative to said supporting arm upon application of different load along a longitudinal extent of at least one of the plow blade assemblies.
13 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 10 and wherein said adjusting bracket is configured to be fixed relative to said supporting arm when said connecting rod is coupled with said second plow blade assembly.
14 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 10 and wherein said connecting rod is securable to said supporting arm in a folded operative orientation of said snowplow assembly.
15 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 9 and wherein at least one replaceable lip is attached along at least a portion of an edge of a blade, forming part of said first and second plow blade assembly.
16 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 8 and wherein said support assembly further comprising a supporting arm that is pivotably connected to a hitch connector and an adjusting bracket that is pivotably connected to the supporting arm and wherein said adjusting bracket is selectably pivotably connected to said connecting rod.
17 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 16 and wherein said supporting arm is biased downwardly to the ground when not being secured in a raised operative orientation.
18 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 16 and wherein said adjusting bracket is configured to be moveably coupled to said supporting arm, thereby providing automatic angular adjustment of said first and second plow blade assemblies relative to said supporting arm upon application of different load along a longitudinal extent of at least one of the plow blade assemblies.
19 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 16 and wherein said adjusting bracket is configured to be fixed relative to said supporting arm when said connecting rod is coupled with said second plow blade assembly.
20 . The snowplow assembly according to claim 16 and wherein said connecting rod is securable to said supporting arm in a folded operative orientation of said snowplow assembly.