초록 ▼

A user-friendly roof rake is provided to readily remove snow from a roof. The lightweight roof rake has a special plastic blade with a rounded contour to pull, curl and rapidly remove snow from a roof. The roof rake-blade can be reinforced with a series of curved ribs and can have an array of downwa

A user-friendly roof rake is provided to readily remove snow from a roof. The lightweight roof rake has a special plastic blade with a rounded contour to pull, curl and rapidly remove snow from a roof. The roof rake-blade can be reinforced with a series of curved ribs and can have an array of downwardly extending ribs that provide rounded teeth to prevent the lower leading edge of the blade from digging into the shingles or otherwise damaging the roof. The convenient roof rake has an expandable multi-piece handle, which preferably comprises a set of snap-fitting interlocking metal tubes that can be readily assembled and expanded for use, and can be easily dissembled for storage. The metal tubes of the handle can be thermally insulated and more easily gripped with a ribbed plastic sleeve. The outer portions of the roof rake-blade can be reinforced by stabilizing struts or braces.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A roof rake, comprising:a blade assembly having a plastic curved roof rake-blade for pulling and removing snow from a roof and defining a rearwardly extending socket portion providing a handle-receiving coupling joint, said roof rake-blade having symmetrical curved ribs e

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A roof rake, comprising:a blade assembly having a plastic curved roof rake-blade for pulling and removing snow from a roof and defining a rearwardly extending socket portion providing a handle-receiving coupling joint, said roof rake-blade having symmetrical curved ribs extending laterally outwardly from said socket, said roof rake-blade having a convex front face and a concave back face for pulling and curling snow from the roof, said roof rake-blade having an upper edge in proximity to said socket portion and a lower leading edge positioned at a level below said socket portion, the blade having a convex front blade surface and a convex rear blade surface defining a concave blade, the blade further having inwardly curved side walls and a substantially straight lower edge;an elongated expandable handle assembly comprising a set of metal tubes providing shafts including a forward blade assembly-engaging shaft and an adjoining shaft, each of said shafts having opposite end portions, said forward blade assembly engaging shaft having a front end portion positioned within and fixedly secured to said socket portion providing said handle-receiving coupling joint, said forward blade assembly engaging shaft having a back end portion and an elongated tubular body extending between said back end portion and said front end portion, said adjoining shaft having a front adjoining end portion for telescopically engaging the back end portion of said blade assembly-engaging shaft, and said front adjoining end portion of said adjoining shaft and said back end portion of said blade assembly-engaging shaft defining connecting portions with aligned pushbutton-receiving apertures; anda snap lock assembly comprising a manually depressible spring-biased pushbutton connected to one of said connecting portions of said shafts, said pushbuttom snap-fittingly engaging and extending through said apertures for securely connecting and locking said shafts together in an extended position to provided an elongated handle to pull said roof rake-blade.