| CPC E01H 5/065 (2013.01) | 19 Claims |
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1. A plow blade securable to a vehicle, comprising:
a central section having:
a central panel, and
a member secured to the central panel via a transversal rib, the member defining at least one channel;
two lateral sections having:
lateral panels having lateral and medial edges, the lateral panels defining slots extending from the medial edges toward the lateral edges, and
beams secured to the lateral panels, the beams protruding from the medial edges and away from the lateral edges, the beams slidably received within the at least one channel; and
at least one actuator operatively connected to the central section and the two lateral sections for moving the two lateral sections relative to the central section,
wherein the two lateral sections are movable relative to the central section between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration by a sliding motion of the beams within the at least one channel, the two lateral sections being overlapped by the central section in the collapsed configuration and being offset from the central section in the extended configuration,
wherein, in the collapsed configuration, portions of the transversal rib are received within the slots, a width of the plow blade in the extended configuration is about double that in the collapsed configuration.
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