ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,362, issued on Nov. 4.
"Snow oar for manually clearing snow and ice" was invented by Michael Anthony Metzger (Olney, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implement for manually clearing snow, slush, or ice comprises an elongated handle and relatively narrow, shallowly curved blade and can permit a standing stationary operator to drive or otherwise draw the front face of the blade more or less face-on into fallen snow, slush, or ice to manually plow, propel, launch or otherwise move snow to a spot remote from the operator in a lateral direction outwardly away from the User, for example forward, sideways, or rearward. The implement can...