Snow scooters

A snow scooter comprising:

• a) a gliding board having a bottom surface for gliding on a low-friction substrate and a top surface spaced apart from the bottom surface by a board thickness, the top and bottom surfaces extending longitudinally along a board axis between front and rear edges of the board and extending laterally between side edges of the board, and the top surface having a front-foot support region, a rear-foot support region axially rearward of the front-foot support region, a central region axially intermediate the front-foot and rear-foot support regions, and at least one anchoring zone;
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• b) an edging control assembly mounted to the board for controlling an edging angle between the low-friction substrate and the bottom surface of the board, the edging control assembly including:
• i) a control bar projecting upwardly from a lower end of the control bar adjacent the top surface of the board to an upper end of the control bar, the upper end comprising a handle portion, and the lower end positioned axially forward of the front-foot support region, and
• ii) a torque-transmission assembly coupling the control bar to the at least one anchoring zone, the torque-transmission assembly including an anchoring structure fastened to the at least one anchoring zone, and a torsion bar extending along a torsion bar axis generally parallel to the board axis between a free end and an anchored end of the torsion bar, the free end rotationally fixed to the lower end of the control bar to inhibit relative rotation between the free end and the lower end about the torsion bar axis, and the anchored end positioned over the central region and rotationally fixed to a coupling section of the anchoring structure to inhibit relative rotation between the anchored end and the coupling section about the torsion bar axis for applying a tilting torque to the at least one anchoring zone about the board axis in response to a lateral force applied to the handle portion by a rider.

A snow scooter comprising:

• a) a gliding board having a bottom surface for gliding on a low-friction substrate and a top surface spaced apart from the bottom surface by a board thickness, the top and bottom surfaces extending longitudinally along a board axis between front and rear edges of the board and extending laterally between side edges of the board, and the top surface having a front-foot support region, a rear-foot support region axially rearward of the front-foot support region, a central region axially intermediate the front-foot and rear-foot support regions, and at least one anchoring zone;
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• b) an edging control assembly mounted to the board, the edging control assembly including:
• i) a control bar projecting upwardly from a lower end of the control bar adjacent the top surface of the board to an upper end of the control bar, the upper end comprising a handle portion, and the lower end positioned axially forward of the front-foot support region, and
• ii) a torque-transmission assembly coupling the control bar to the at least one anchoring zone, the torque-transmission assembly including an anchoring structure fastened to the at least one anchoring zone, and a torsion bar extending along a torsion bar axis generally parallel to the board axis between a free end and an anchored end of the torsion bar, the free end rotationally fixed to the lower end of the control bar to inhibit relative rotation between the free end and the lower end about the torsion bar axis, and the anchored end positioned over the central region and rotationally fixed to a coupling section of the anchoring structure to inhibit relative rotation between the anchored end and the coupling section about the torsion bar axis such that a control angle between the low-friction substrate and a transverse axis fixed relative to the anchored end corresponds to at least one edging angle between the low-friction substrate and the bottom surface of the board.