US Patent Issued to Cal G. Niemela on Jan. 20 for "Articulating vehicle snow plow" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,196, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Cal G. Niemela (Chassell, Mich.).

"Articulating vehicle snow plow" was invented by Cal G. Niemela (Chassell, Mich.) and Philip J. Quenzi (Atlantic Mine, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle mounted articulating snow plow apparatus is provided for clearing snow from roads and driveways. The snow plow includes a blade assembly having a center blade and an extendable wing blade coupled to each end of the center blade. The blade assembly can be raised and lowered relative to the vehicle and ground surface and can be rotated about a vertical axis. Each extendable blade is independently piv...