Open sleigh that disassembles to a generally flat storage position and assembles into an interlocked operating position
OwnerJames P. Aumanninventor
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Abstract
A sleigh for travel over a snow covered surface adapted to be disassembled or knocked down into a storage or transport position, from an operating position, is shown. Runners of the sleigh are pivotally connected to a floorboard along side edges thereof. The runners are locked into an operating position and may be unlocked to fold against a bottom surface of the floorboard in a stored position. An upper body including a seat is formed of multiple planar pieces which are dependently interlocked with each other for assembly and later disassembly. Means are provided for interlocking the runners to a hitching assembly to which a horse is conventionally harnessed.
Claims22
A sleigh adapted to be pulled over a snow surface by at least one horse comprising in combination:
- a generally rectangular flat planar floorboard having a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges;
- a pair of longitudinally extending runners, each operably connected to said floorboard near each of said side edges between an operating position, wherein said runners support said floorboard at a raised position above said snow surface and a stored position wherein said runners are pivoted at said side edges from said operating position to the stored position, wherein said runners are generally adjacent to and in a parallel plane to that of said floorboard;
- an interlocking body structure mountable to said floorboard including a pair of side panels, each temporarily mountable to said floorboard and a back panel connecting said side panels together, a vertical seat piece connected at a spaced distance forward of said rear panel to said side panels and interlocking same, and a horizontal seat piece adapted to slidingly connect to said side panels;
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- a front panel releasably connected to the floorboard along the front edge and further releasably connected to said runners, said releasable connection between said runners and said front panel providing a connection to a hitching assembly connectable to said horse.
A sleigh adapted to be pulled over a snow surface by at least one horse including a generally planar floorboard having pivotally connected thereto a pair of longitudinally extending runners and releasably connected thereto an upper body, a front panel and a hitching assembly, to which hitching assembly a horse is connected, said upper body including a pair of side panels, a back panel, a horizontal seat piece and a vertical seat piece, all interconnected to each other and to said floorboard defining first interlock means, the upper body mounted on said floorboard defining a second interlocking means for maintaining a third interlocking means in a locked position, said third interlocking means locking said runners in an operating position, and fourth interlocking means for securing said front panel to said runners and said floorboard and said hitching assembly to said runners.
A sleigh to be pulled by at least one horse over a snow covered landscape that disassembles into a plurality of generally planar pieces for storage and transport comprising in combination:
- a planar floorboard;
- a pair of runners pivotally connected to said floorboard including means for maintaining said runners in an operating position;
- an upper body mounted on said floorboard formed from a plurality of flat planar pieces interlocked together, said upper body locking said runners in the operating position;
- a front panel releasably connected to said floorboard and said runners;
- a hitching assembly selectively connected to said runners;
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- a harness connectable to said hitching assembly and said horse.
A sleigh to be pulled by at least one horse over a snow covered landscape that disassembles into a plurality of generally planar pieces for storage and transport comprising in combination:
- a planar floorboard;
- a pair of runners pivotably connected to said floorboard including means for maintaining said runners in an operating position;
- an upper body formed from a plurality of flat planar pieces interlocked together;
- a front panel releasably connected to said floorboard and said runners;
- a hitching assembly connected to said runners by the connection of said front panel to said floorboard and runners;
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- a harness connectable to said hitching assembly and said horse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.