US 11,668,060 B2
Material pusher with floating coupler
Michael J. Guggino, Bloomfield, NY (US); Barry Sherman, Dansville, NY (US); Thomas B. Maier, Oakfield, NY (US); James Maier, Ontario, NY (US); and David Mack, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Pro-Tech Manufacturing and Distribution, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Filed by Pro-Tech Manufacturing and Distribution, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/70,655.
Application 17/070,655 is a division of application No. 16/214,622, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,851,507.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/597,136, filed on Dec. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0087764 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. E01H 5/06 (2006.01); E01H 5/12 (2006.01); E01C 19/20 (2006.01); B60R 19/00 (2006.01); E01C 23/082 (2006.01); E01C 19/15 (2006.01)
CPC E01H 5/06 (2013.01) [E01H 5/066 (2013.01); E01H 5/12 (2013.01); B60R 19/00 (2013.01); E01C 19/15 (2013.01); E01C 19/20 (2013.01); E01C 23/082 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A containment plow for clearing material from a surface, comprising:
an upstanding transverse blade with a front surface and a rear surface, said rear surface of said blade being reinforced by at least one longitudinal channel extending substantially the length of, and parallel with, said blade;
a vertical side plate attached to and extending at least forward from each vertical edge at the ends of said transverse blade;
a floating coupler affixed to the rear of said blade, said floating coupler providing an interface by which the containment plow may be attached to a vehicle, said floating coupler including
a plurality of ribs extending rearward from said transverse blade, each of said ribs having at least two apertures therein,
a pair of longitudinal members, slidably located for vertical and horizontal movement of the respective longitudinal members within the apertures of said ribs, and the pair of longitudinal members are attached at each end thereof to a spacer, said spacers separating the longitudinal members, and
at least one attachment component attached to the pair of longitudinal members and providing an interface for releasable attachment to the vehicle or a component thereof;
a plurality of removable scraping edge sections, positioned adjacent one another along a bottom edge of said blade; and
a wear shoe along a bottom edge of each of said vertical side plates.