US Patent Issued to THE TORO on Dec. 2 for "Snow removal system" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,631, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Snow removal system" was invented by Thomas M. Rich (Lebanon, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow plow is pivotally mounted to a tractor by a compound mount allowing for multiple blade positions. The mount has an inner portion pivotally mounted about a first horizontal axis to the front of the tractor and an outer portion pivotally mounted about a vertical axis to the inner portion. The plow blade is pivotally mounted about a second horizontal axis to the outer portion. Deicer nozzles spray liquid and a spreader distributes salt and other materials i...