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US 4,364,575 AGranted
Ski lift for children
OwnerStephanie F. Schlumberger, Donald H. Rayburninventors
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This invention relates to a ski lift which comprises a frame adapted to be moved over the surface of the snow supported at least partially by snow runners and equipped for attachment to a source of power whereby it may be pulled upwardly on a slope and further having a transverse holding rail disposed horizontally in a spaced relation to the surface of the snow a distance above the level of the snow surface to provide a convenient holding access to children when they are standing at the level of the snow surface, and further having a tough relatively thin flexible sheet-like member of width to extend substantially across the width of the frame and attached at its leading edge to the frame the sheet-like member extending rearwardly and being supported throughout the major extent of its surface area on the surface of the snow and being so positioned with respect to the frame as to provide a carrying surface on which children wearing skis may stand while holding onto the holding rail. One form of the invention contemplates that the rear of the frame be mounted on snow runners while its leading end is provided with a device for hitching it to the rear end of a snowmobile and in this manner be held above the level of the snow surface.
A ski lift especially adapted for children comprising a frame which is at least partially supported above the surface of the snow by snow runners and is adapted to be pulled over the snow surface, said frame including a horizontal bar extending substantially the transverse distance of the frame and disposed above the level of the snow surface a distance to constitute a holding rail for children standing at the level of the snow surface and a flexible sheet-like member extending substantially throughout the transverse distance of the frame and supported by the surface of the snow and means connecting said sheet-like member to said frame so that said sheet-like member is pulled forward with said frame as said frame is pulled over the surface of the snow, said flexible sheet-like member being located under said holding rail in such position that children wearing skis can be accommodated while standing on said sheet-like member and while so accommodated can conveniently grasp said holding rail.
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