US 7,163,209 B2 · Snap-on ski attachment with brake for kick scooter

Abstract

A ski attachment kit for a kick scooter having a scooter steering assembly that includes a front fork configured for attaching a front wheel, a scooter body that includes a stand-on area and a rear fork rearward of the stand-on area configured for attaching a rear wheel, and a coupling that couples the steering assembly and the scooter body. The kit includes a front ski assembly having a scooter steering assembly mount that receives and releasably retains the steering assembly while providing a clearance for an attached front wheel. The kit also includes a rear ski assembly having a scooter body mount that receives and releasably retains the scooter body while providing a clearance for an attached rear wheel.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A ski attachment with a foot-operated brake for converting a wheeled kick scooter for sliding on snow, comprising:

a ski having a scooter mount and an elongated glide plate having a width, a forward tip portion, and a rearward tail portion;
a brake guide coupled to the ski;
and
a brake coupled to the brake guide and including a user engagement surface that receives a force applied by a foot of a user and a brake plate having a width substantially equal to the width of the glide plate that initially engages snow behind the tail portion of the ski when activated by the force.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/329,321Filed 9 Jan 2006 · continuation in part

Priority

2 Oct 2000

Published

US 2006/0108750 A125 May 2006

Granted

16 Jan 2007

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B62B 13/04
Characterised by arrangement of runners: arranged in a single line
B62B 17/08
Accessories or details of sledges: braking devices
B62B 19/02
Runners for carrying wheeled vehicles to facilitate travel on ice or snow: attachable to wheels
A63C 2203/06
Special features of skates, skis, roller-skates, snowboards and courts: enabling conversion into another device

Family

Application60/237,225Us provisional application · filed 2 Oct 2000

Application09/970,381Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Oct 2001

US 2006/0108750 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 May 2006

US 2002/0121752 A1Published application

US 7,163,209 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Snap-on ski attachment with brake for kick scooter

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Snap-on ski attachment with brake for kick scooter

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Abstract

Claims18