US 11,873,019 B1
Wheeled device for snowmobile ski
Ernest J. DeLanghe, Burnsville, MN (US); Steven W. Potter, Prior Lake, MN (US); Paul Dathe, Plymouth, MN (US); Gregory Joseph Wright, Milaca, MN (US); and Randall Seurer, Lonsdale, MN (US)
Assigned to Caliber, Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed by Caliber, Inc., Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,232.
Application 18/167,232 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,085, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,577,772.
Application 17/519,085 is a continuation of application No. 16/985,531, filed on Aug. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,173,941, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Application 16/985,531 is a continuation of application No. 16/677,343, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/677,343 is a continuation of application No. 16/106,974, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,486,729, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/548,648, filed on Aug. 22, 2017.
Int. Cl. B62B 13/08 (2006.01); B62B 13/18 (2006.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01); B62B 15/00 (2020.01); B62M 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 13/08 (2013.01) [B62B 5/0089 (2013.01); B62B 13/18 (2013.01); B62B 15/009 (2013.01); B62M 27/02 (2013.01); B62M 2027/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for attaching to a ski of a snowmobile, the device comprising:
first and second spaced apart legs, each leg having a first end and a second end, wherein each leg includes a ski engaging portion proximate the second end that is configured to engage a bottom surface of the ski proximate outer edges thereof;
at least one wheel attached to the first and second legs between the first end and the second end;
a cross bar attaching the first and second legs proximate the first ends;
a lever arm extending from the cross bar between the first and second legs wherein the lever arm is configured to be angularly positionable relative to the first and second spaced apart legs;
a handle attached to a distal end of the lever arm, the handle having a surface configured to engage a tip end or a ski handle of the ski; and
a retaining member attached to the handle and configured to engage the ski handle, wherein when the ski engaging portions engage a bottom surface of the ski and the retaining member engages the ski handle, the ski is elevated and the at least one wheel engages the ground surface such that the skis do not contact the ground surface as the snowmobile is moved.