Snow scooter with rear mounted foot actuated brake
US6935640B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63C2203/06
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A improvement to a snow scooter having a longitudinal axis, a stand-on area, a back portion rearward of the stand-on area, a handle, and at least one gliding surface having a flat portion defining a plane. The improvement includes a brake plate, operable with a foot of a rider, mounted at an aft end of the scooter. The brake plate is oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis, and is affixed to the scooter with a pivot transverse to the longitudinal axis in the back portion rearward of the stand-on area. Further, the brake plate is retained above the plane of the flat portion of the gliding surface by a spring until depressed with a force that overcomes the spring allowing the brake plate to pivot downwardly to protrude below the plane of the flat portion of the gliding surface.
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