# US 5,704,622 A · Ice slider

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- Number: US 5,704,622 A
- Document ID: US5704622A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/697,873
- Filed: 1996-08-30
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1996-08-30
- Inventors: Phillip R. Weekley
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704622A

## CPC

- B62B 17/02: Runners (attachable to or replacing vehicle wheels B62B19/00)
- B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M)

## Abstract

The ice slider has a platform on which a person may stand, sit or lie. Under the platform are two or more ice piece holders which clamp ice pieces such that the ice slider may slide on the ground as for example on sloping terrain. The ice clamps are design to hold the ice piece as the ice melts during use until such time as the use has reduced the ice piece to be unusable for further sliding. In the case where a user is seated, steering brakes may be incorporated to allow steering or stopping the ice slider by friction with the ground.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for carrying a load that slides on the ground comprising:
a plurality of ice piece holders comprising:
a top, two sides and a back are attached in the general shape of a rectangular box wherein a front and a bottom are open;
the sides having two holes defined therein such that a U-bolt extends through the sides and a spike plate is mounted thereon and retained by two nuts; and
a spring circumferentially mounted on the U-bolt between the spike plate and the side such that when an ice piece is placed in the ice piece holder to contact the ground the spring applies pressure against the spike plate which in turn presses a plurality of spikes against the ice piece;
a platform having a lateral element and a transverse element attached to form a T;
a front end of the lateral element having a foot rest mounted on top and the ice piece holder mounted underneath;
the transverse element having the ice piece holder mounted underneath at each end; and
a seat with a riser attached on top of the platform at an intersection of the lateral element and the transverse element.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device as in claim 1 wherein there is a steering brake attached by a pivot bracket to the transverse element on top intermediate the seat and at each end which steering brake may be rotated to engage the surface on which the device is sliding.