Truck terminal snow screed plow

Abstract

A snow remover for the roofs of trucks and tractor trailers in which a structure of two vertical supports and a cross piece spanning them in supporting a plow rests upon a connected base plate provided with pairs of pockets on each side of the structure to allow for its lifting by a pair of forklifts operating in tandem and moving to a truck terminal access lane when snow build up removal is warranted, and thereafter moved into storage, in which the snow plow is in the configuration of an elongated-V from side-to-side angled forwardly toward the vehicles to meet substantially one-half way between the two vertical supports.

1 . A snow remover for truck and trailer vehicles comprising: 
 two vertical supports separated by a distance sufficient to move the vehicles between the vertical supports; and    a snow plow attached to the vertical supports and located at a height which permits the vehicles to be moved under the snow plow while snow on the roof of the vehicles are pushed off the vehicles;    wherein the snow plow is attached to the vertical supports by moving means which permit the snow plow to be adjusted vertically along the vertical supports;    and wherein the snow plow is in the configuration of an elongated-V from side-to-side angled forwardly toward the vehicles to meet substantially one half way between the two vertical supports, and with at least a lower portion of the snow plow being of a material which will not damage the roofs of the vehicles if brought into contact therewith.    
   
   
       2 . The snow remover of  claim 1  wherein the moving means includes a pair of brackets on individual ones of the vertical supports, and first and second cross bars respectively extending from the brackets to opposing side surfaces of the elongated-V angled snow plow.  
   
   
       3 . The snow remover of  claim 2  wherein the first and second cross bars extend to the opposing side surfaces of the elongated-V angled snow plow at a point substantially one-half way back from a nose end of the elongated-V angled snow plow.  
   
   
       4 . The snow remover of  claim 3 , also including a third cross bar extending between the opposing side surfaces of the elongated-V angled snow plow substantially at a tail end thereof.  
   
   
       5 . The snow remover of  claim 4  wherein an upper portion of the snow plow is constructed of a structural steel material.  
   
   
       6 . The snow remover of  claim 5  wherein the elongated-V angled snow plow is constructed of an upper portion of structural steel bolted to a lower portion of neoprene rubber.  
   
   
       7 . The snow remover of  claim 4  wherein the elongated-V angled snow plow extends forwardly of the vertical supports a distance of substantially 4′6″.  
   
   
       8 . The snow remover of  claim 7  wherein the elongated-V angled snow plow extends rearwardly of the vertical supports a distance of substantially 3′6″.  
   
   
       9 . The snow remover of  claim 8  wherein the opposing side surfaces of the elongated-V angled snow plow are each of a length of substantially 10 feet.  
   
   
       10 . The snow remover of  claim 9  wherein the angle formed by the opposing side surfaces of the elongated-V angled snow plow at the nose end thereof is substantially 74°.  
   
   
       11 . The snow remover of  claim 5  wherein the upper portion of the elongated-V angled snow plow is of a height of between 15-30 inches along the length thereof.  
   
   
       12 . The snow remover of  claim 5  wherein the elongated-V angled snow plow is constructed of an upper portion of structural steel secured to a lower portion of neoprene rubber of substantially 8 inches in height and ¾ inches in width bolted to the upper portion to extend substantially 4 inches therebelow.