Snow scooter with rear mounted foot actuated brake

A device that conveys a user in a substantially upright position across snow, the device comprising:

• an elongated glide plate having a general symmetry about a longitudinal plate, and a front portion and a back portion joined together by a central portion;
• a pivot that couples a pivotably activated brake and a portion of the glide plate rearward of a midpoint of the device, and
• the pivotably activated brake including:
• a. a coupling portion coupled with the pivot;
• b. a braking plate having a face oriented generally transverse to the longitudinal plate, and configured to trailingly engage the snow;
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• c. a user engagement portion that receives a force applied by at least a portion of a foot of a user and transfers the force to the braking plate via a force transmission structure that passes through a cut-out in the elongated glide plate, pivoting the braking plate about the coupling portion to trailingly engage the snow and brake the device.

An improved snow scooter having a general symmetry about a longitudinal plane, a stand-on area, a back portion rearward of the stand-on area, a handle, and a at least one gliding surface having a flat portion defining a gliding plane, the improvement comprising:

• a pivot coupled to the back portion;
• a brake plate having a face oriented generally transverse to the longitudinal plane, trailingly and pivotably coupled to the pivot, and operable with a foot of a rider;
• and
• a spring that retains the brake plate about the gliding plane of the flat portion of the gliding surface until depressed with a force that overcomes the spring allowing the brake plate to pivot and protrude below the gliding plane, the force being transmitted via a force transmission structure that passes through a cut-out in the gliding plane.