Snowmobile assistant device
OwnerTim Trzebiatowski, Eric Stuczynskiinventors
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Abstract
A wheeled device for increasing the mobility of a snowmobile or ski-bound vehicle, wherein the wheeled device, having a cylindrical axle, is attached to the bolt on the interior of a sled ski underneath the snowmobile sled, which raises the skis off the ground and does not increase the snowmobile sled width. The wheeled device surrounds the interior sled ski bolts and nuts thereon and is tightened onto said bolts and nuts by way of a tightening wheel. The snowmobile is thus able to drive on the wheeled devices so that it can conveniently move from one location to another without damaging the bottom of the skis if on rough or unstable terrain.
Claims20
A snowmobile assisting wheeled device adapted to attach to and move a snowmobile, said wheeled device comprising:
- a wheel having a front face and a rear face, wherein an opening is formed through the front face and the rear face;
- a cylindrical axle having a first distal end and a second distal end, wherein said cylindrical axle is inserted through the flat free wheel opening, such that the first distal end extends beyond the front face of the flat free wheel, and wherein the second distal end extends beyond the rear face of the flat free wheel;
- an interior recess portion contained within said axle at the second distal end and extending partially the length of the axle;
- a tightening wheel surrounding the first distal end of the cylindrical axle;
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- an attachment piece mechanically securing the tightening wheel to the first distal end of the cylindrical axle.
A flat free wheeled device for raising the ski of a snowmobile off a surface, the wheeled device comprising:
- a rubber flat free wheel having an opening therethrough, said flat free wheel having a front face and a rear face;
- a stainless-steel cylindrical axle having a first distal end and a second distal end, wherein said cylindrical axle is inserted through the flat free wheel opening, such that the first distal end extends beyond the front face of the flat free wheel, wherein the second distal end extends beyond the rear face of the flat free wheel, wherein the first distal end of the cylindrical axle is slimmed down lesser diameter than the second distal end of the cylindrical axle, forming an axle contact face, wherein the first distal end additionally comprises an opening thereon;
- an interior recess portion contained within said axle at the second distal end, extending partially the length of the axle, said interior recess portion additionally comprising an interior recess axle lip;
- an aluminum tightening wheel surrounding the first distal end of the cylindrical axle;
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- a bolt contained within the first distal end opening, said bolt mechanically securing the tightening wheel to the first distal end.
A method for transporting a snowmobile across an uneven surface comprising:
- (a) providing a flat free wheel with a ball bearing including in the center of the flat free wheel, and further including a cylindrical axis having a first end and a second end therethrough, additionally comprising an aluminum tightening wheel on the first end of the cylindrical axis and further providing an interior recessed portion at the second end of the cylindrical axis;
- (b) providing a snowmobile with a plurality of skis, each ski having a mounting ski bolt thereon;
- (c) manually raising one snowmobile ski into a vertical position away from a resting surface;
- (d) coupling the second distal end of the cylindrical axis on the mounting ski bolt of the snowmobile;
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- (e) manually actuating the tightening wheel in one of a clockwise motion and a counterclockwise motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.