As New Englanders well know, if there's anything worse than shoveling the driveway after a blizzard, it's clearing wet, heavy snow off a car. Enter the Hint Snow Sleeve, a snow removal device developed by Epping inventor Laura Boucher. The product just won the New Hampshire Business Resource Center's "Innovation Rocks!" award for the month. We asked Boucher to explain:

How does the snow sleeve work? By yourself, you can insert your arm into the sleeve and brush off the snow. You can also cast it like a weighted net for parts that are difficult to reach. If you have two people, it can be used like a fabric plow.

Where did the idea come from? I had been a driver's ed teacher, and the winter road hazards were so bad when I took the kids on the highway. . . . You've got to be able to brush off the top of the car.

Were you inspired at all by the Snuggie (the blanket with arms)? I was long before the Snuggie!

Does it take care of ice that sticks to the windshield? When you have something that's very icy, you'd want to warm it anyway, but yes. Because there's weight, you can break the pieces of ice and move them away.

Where can people find the sleeves? Snowsleeve.com or hunterideanet.com. . . . (It costs) $39.99 until Nov. 15, then it's $44.99.