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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:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1997
Jerry A Olson, Roseau, MN (US);
Richard H Bates, Jr, Badger, MN (US);
Polaris Industries Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A front snowmobile suspension of the type having left and right skis being secured to the chassis by left and right trailing arm ski suspension systems. The front end of the trailing arm includes a generally cylindrical sleeve for pivotably receiving the ski spindle. The top end of the cylindrical sleeve is located rearwardly of the bottom end, giving the sleeve and the ski spindle a rearwardly angled caster. The rear end of the trailing arm is pivotably secured to an adjustable link which in turn is secured to the chassis. The adjustable link is movable to change the caster of the cylindrical sleeve and the ski spindle.