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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Prinoth S.p.a., Vipiteno, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PRINOTH S.P.A., Vipiteno, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/40 (2006.01); B62D 1/12 (2006.01); B62D 11/00 (2006.01); E01H 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 11/003 (2013.01); B62D 1/12 (2013.01); B66D 1/40 (2013.01); E01H 4/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tracked vehicle for preparing ski slopes has a chassis extending along a longitudinal axis; a winch mounted on the chassis; a boom pivoting about a pivot axis to guide and orientate the cable of the winch between the chassis and the cable anchor point; an actuation system for rotating the boom about the pivot axis relative to the chassis in a first and second direction; and a user interface comprising a first and a second switch arranged in front of an operator and to the right and left of each other and configured to rotate the boom so as to steer the tracked vehicle to the right and to the left respectively when the cable is anchored to the cable anchor point.