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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:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph J Berto, Shady Cove, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 28 ; 280 211 ;
Abstract
A snowmobile steering ski or skis, which may be equipped with a ski liner to prevent undue drag on a snowmobile snow, includes a integral fin that enhances steering control in turning or resisting sidehill slippage of the snowmobile particularly in traversing powder or hard packed. The ski liner fin is integral, or replaceable, and extends outwardly along the outer edge and downwardly over a central portion of the ski. The fin contacts the snow on the inner side of either a flat turn, or the uphill slope of a sidehill run, because the forward end of the snowmobile ski is cambered so as to tip downwardly toward the steered direction of a turn.