US 5,653,456 AGranted

Ski system for ice fishing shanties

OwnerBryan M. Moughinventor

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Abstract

A ski system for ice fishing shanties is composed of at least two ski members and a plurality of mounting brackets connected with the underside of the floor of the ice fishing shanty which engage the ski members in a selectively removable manner. Each ski member includes a substantially flat elongated ski body and a shovel connected thereto at an incline of approximately between fifty and fifty-five degrees with respect thereto. Each ski member further includes at least two legs projecting perpendicularly with respect to the top side of the elongated ski body. Each leg has a distal top end to which is attached a lip. The lip projects substantially parallel with the elongated ski body toward the tail end thereof. The mounting brackets are spaced and dimensioned to receive, respectively, each of the lips, thereby releasably securing the ski members to the ice fishing shanty. Each leg is provided with an axle hole substantially adjacent the elongated ski body, which passes from the left to the right side thereof. An axle is respectively passed through each axle hole and a wheel is secured to each side of the axle. The wheels have a diameter such that the periphery thereof extends to just beyond the bottom side of the elongated ski body.

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Dependent claims

A ski system for being connected to a floor of an ice fishing shanty, the floor having an underside, said ski system comprising:

at least two ski members, each ski member comprising:
an elongated ski body having a top side, a bottom side, and a tail end;
a shovel connected with said elongated ski body opposite said tail end thereof;
a fore leg connected with said top side of said elongated ski member, said fore leg having a distal top end;
an aft leg connected with said top side of said elongated ski member, said aft leg having a distal top end, said aft leg being separated from said fore leg by a predetermined distance;
a first lip connected with said distal top end of said fore leg, said first lip projecting from said fore leg substantially parallel with respect to said elongated ski body in a direction toward said tail end;
and
a second lip connected with said distal top end of said aft leg, said second lip projecting from said aft leg substantially parallel with respect to said elongated ski body in a direction toward said tail end;
and
mounting bracket means for being connected with an underside of a floor of an ice fishing shanty to thereby provide an offset at the floor underside for slidingly receiving thereinto said first and second lips to thereby releasably mount said fore and aft legs to the ice fishing shanty;
whereby mounting and mounting of said ski members with respect to said mounting bracket means is accomplished free of fasteners by simply sliding said first and second lips with respect to said mounting bracket means.

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An ice fishing shanty and ski system therefor comprising:

an ice fishing shanty comprising:
shelter means for providing shelter, said shelter means including a floor connected therewith, said floor having an underside;
and
pull rope means connected with said shelter means for enabling a person to pull thereupon;
and
a ski system connected with said underside, comprising:
two ski members, each ski member comprising:
an elongated ski body having a top side, a bottom side, and a tail end;
a shovel connected with said elongated ski body opposite said tail end thereof;
a fore leg connected with said top side of said elongated ski member, said fore leg having a distal top end;
an aft leg connected with said top side of said elongated ski member, said aft leg having a distal top end, said aft leg being separated from said fore leg by a first predetermined distance;
a first lip connected with said distal top end of said fore leg, said first lip projecting from said fore leg substantially parallel with respect to said elongated ski body in a direction toward said tail end;
a second lip connected with said distal top end of said aft leg, said second lip projecting from said aft leg substantially parallel with respect to said elongated ski body in a direction toward said tail end;
and
mounting bracket means connected with said underside for providing an offset at the underside for slidingly receiving thereinto said first and second lips to thereby releasably mount said fore and aft legs to the ice fishing shanty, wherein said two ski members are thereby mutually separated a second predetermined distance, and where each elongated ski body is oriented parallel with respect to a direction of pull defined by said pull rope means;
wherein said first and second predetermined distances provide for said ice fishing shanty to be stably supported on said ski system.
whereby mounting and dismounting of said ski member with respect to said mounting bracket means with respect to said mounting bracket means is accomplished free of fasteners by simply sliding said first and second lips with respect to said mounting bracket means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.