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US 12,195,069 B2Granted
Multi-piece sled
AssigneeSnow Jose, LLC
InventorJoseph Cohen
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Abstract
A multi-piece snow sled designed to be transported in a compact form then assembled into a full-sized sled, and more specifically a multi-piece snow sled designed to be transported in a compact form then assembled into a full-sized sled having a rigid floor. The multi-piece sled comprises a front sled body piece, a rear sled body piece, a front interface edge, a rear interface edge, and a plurality of removable fasteners securing the front interface edge to the rear interface edge.
Claims20
A multi-piece sled comprising:
- a first sled body piece comprising:
- a first piece floor having a left side, a front side, a right side, and a rear side;
- a first sidewall connected to and extending upward from the left side of the front piece floor;
- a first angled wall connected to and extending upward from the front side of the first piece floor;
- a second sidewall connected to and extending upward from the right side of the first piece floor;
- wherein front sections of the first and second sidewalls are connected to left and right sides of the first angled wall;
- a second sled body piece comprising:
- a second piece floor having a left side, a front side, a right side, and a rear side;
- a third sidewall connected to and extending upward from the left side of the second piece floor;
- a rear wall connected to and extending upward from the front side of the rear piece floor;
- a fourth sidewall connected to and extending upward from the right side of the rear piece floor;
- a front interface edge on the rear side of the first piece floor, comprising:
- a plurality of upper securing extensions each positioned at a plurality of locations along the front interface edge;
- a plurality of lower securing extensions each positioned below the plurality of upper securing extensions thereby forming a slot between each of the upper securing extensions and the lower securing extensions;
- a rear interface edge at the front side of the rear piece floor comprising:
- a plurality of flattened securing sections, each flattened securing section positioned to engage a corresponding slot;
- a plurality of fasteners securing the upper securing extension and the lower securing extensions to the flattened securing sections.
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A sled comprising:
- a first body defining a first profile and further comprising:
- a first floor and first, second, and third sidewalls;
- a first connector interface coupled to the first floor opposite the third sidewall;
- a second body defining a second profile and further comprising:
- a second floor, and fourth, fifth, and sixth sidewalls;
- a second connector interface coupled to the second floor opposite the sixth sidewall, the second connector interface adapted to engage the first connector interface;
- wherein the first profile substantially matches the second profile when the second body is rotated and disposed on the first body such that sixth sidewall is adjacent to the third sidewall.
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A sled comprising:
- a first body defining a first profile and further comprising:
- a first floor and first, second, and third sidewalls;
- a first connector interface opposite the third sidewall, the first connector interface defining a plurality of slots and fastener holes;
- a second body defining a second profile and further comprising:
- a second floor, and fourth, fifth, and sixth sidewalls;
- a first handle hole defined in the fourth sidewall and a second handle hole defined in the fifth sidewall;
- a second connector interface opposite the sixth sidewall, the second connector interface defining a plurality of tabs and a second plurality of fastener holes, the plurality of tabs adapted to engage the plurality of slots of the first connector interface;
- a plurality of pins disposed through the first and second fastener holes when the plurality of tabs are engaged with the plurality of slots;
- a first handle and second handle pivotably coupled to the second body through the first and second handle holes, respectively, the first and second handles including a break disposed at a distal end of each of the first and second handles;
- wherein the first profile substantially matches the second profile when the second body is rotated and disposed on the first body such that sixth sidewall is adjacent to the third sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.