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US 9,656,724 B2Granted
Snowmobile ski tip
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorsYvon Bedard, Pascal Gagnon
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Abstract
A snowmobile ski tip is configured to be removably fitted over a snowmobile ski and has a bottom surface for contacting the snow and a top surface configured to contact a bottom surface of the ski, a side wall, and a top wall extending from the side wall. The ski tip forms a pocket configured to accept a front end of the snowmobile ski such that the ski tip widens at least the front end of the ski when installed.
Claims19
A snowmobile ski tip for a snowmobile ski comprising:
- a body, the body having:
- a bottom surface for contacting snow;
- a top surface for contacting a bottom surface of the ski;
- a right side peripheral edge;
- a left side peripheral edge, the right and left side peripheral edges extending from a rear end toward a front end of the body;
- a first width between the right side and left side peripheral edges at the rear end of the body;
- and
- a second width between the right side and left side peripheral edges at the front end of the body,
- the first width being greater than the second width such that a width of the body narrows from the rear end to the front end of the body;
- a right side wall extending from the top surface of the body, the right side wall being disposed laterally between the right side peripheral edge and a longitudinal centerline of the body, the right side wall being at least in part laterally spaced from the right side peripheral edge;
- a left side wall extending from the top surface of the body, the left side wall being disposed laterally between the left side peripheral edge and the longitudinal centerline of the body, the left side wall being at least in part laterally spaced from the left side peripheral edge;
- a right top wall extending laterally from the right side wall toward the longitudinal centerline;
- and
- a left top wall extending laterally from the left side wall toward the longitudinal centerline,
- the body, the right side wall, the left side wall, the right top wall, and the left top wall forming a pocket for receiving a front end of the ski.
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A snowmobile ski tip for a snowmobile ski comprising:
- a body, the body having:
- a bottom surface for contacting snow;
- a top surface for contacting a bottom surface of the ski;
- a right side peripheral edge;
- and
- a left side peripheral edge, the right and left side peripheral edges extending from a rear end toward a front end of the body;
- a right side wall disposed on a right side of a longitudinal centerline of the body, the right side wall extending vertically upward from the top surface of the body and extending at least partially adjacent the right side peripheral edge of the body;
- a left side wall disposed on a left side of the longitudinal centerline of the body, the left side wall extending vertically upward from the top surface of the body and extending at least partially adjacent the left side peripheral edge of the body;
- a right top wall extending laterally from the right side wall toward the longitudinal centerline;
- a left top wall extending laterally from the left side wall toward the longitudinal centerline,
- the body, the right side wall, the left side wall, the right top wall and the left top wall forming a pocket for receiving a front end of the ski;
- at least one right reinforcing rib between the right side wall and the top surface of the body within the right side peripheral edge of the body;
- and
- at least one left reinforcing rib between the left side wall and the top surface of the body within the left side peripheral edge of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.