ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,202, issued on Aug. 12.
"Snow removal apparatus and method" was invented by Nicholas Plumer (Boothbay, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow removal apparatus and related method for removing snow from an underlying surface. The apparatus includes a plow blade arranged to stand off from the underlying surface when the apparatus is in use, a first air transport unit for delivering forced air into an air blade plenum and a second air transport unit for delivering forced air to a Venturi vacuum jet. The air blade plenum is arranged to deliver air to the underlying surface to lift snow located thereon. The Venturi vacuum jet is arra...