Snowmobile ski tip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9656724-B2
Application number	US-201514623262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2015
Priority date	Feb 16, 2015
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. 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.

2. The ski tip of claim 1 , wherein the right and left top walls extend from the right and left side walls at a height along the right and left side walls that is greater than a thickness of the ski.

3. The ski tip of claim 1 , wherein:
the right side wall extends vertically upward from the body and extends at least partially adjacent the right side peripheral edge of the body, and
the left side wall extends vertically upward from the body and extends at least partially adjacent the left side peripheral edge of the body.

4. The ski tip of claim 3 , wherein the right side wall is distanced from the left side wall so as to create a gap therebetween, the gap having a first dimension near the rear end of the body and a second dimension near the front end of the body such that the gap decreases from the rear end of the body to the front end of the body.

5. The ski tip of claim 1 , wherein the body defines an open-ended notch for receiving a portion of a keel of the ski, the notch opening toward the rear end of the body such that when the ski tip is installed onto the ski, a portion of the keel of the ski enters through the notch and a portion of the body extends along the keel.

6. The ski tip of claim 5 , wherein the notch has a right side, a left side and a front side, and the right side wall and the left side wall extend rearward of the front side of the notch.

7. The ski tip of claim 1 , wherein the left top wall has a first width extending in a lateral direction of the ski tip between the left side wall and an inner lateral edge of the left top wall, and the right top wall has a second width extending in the lateral direction of the ski tip between the right side wall and an inner lateral edge of the right top wall such that an opening between the left top wall and the right top wall allows a handle of the ski to pass therethrough.

8. The ski tip of claim 7 , wherein the opening between the lateral edges of the left top wall and the right top wall is narrower than a gap between the right side wall and the left side wall.

9. The ski tip of claim 8 , wherein the gap between the right side wall and the left side wall is slightly larger than a corresponding width of the ski.

10. The ski tip of claim 1 , wherein the first width and the second width of the body are greater than corresponding widths of the ski.

11. 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.

12. The ski tip of claim 11 , wherein the top surface of the body is free of walls and ribs between a rear edge of the body and rear ends of the left and right side walls.

13. The ski tip of claim 11 , wherein the right and left top walls extend from the right and left side walls at a height along the side walls that is greater than a thickness of the ski.

14. The ski tip of claim 11 , wherein:
the body has 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, and
the first width is greater than the second width such that a width of the body narrows from the rear end to the front end of the body.

15. The ski tip of claim 14 , wherein the body defines an open-ended notch for receiving a portion of a keel of the ski, the notch opening toward the rear end of the body such that when the ski tip is installed onto the ski, a portion of the keel of the ski enters through the notch and a portion of the body extends along the keel.

16. The ski tip of claim 14 , wherein the first width and the second width of the body are greater than corresponding widths of the ski.

17. The ski tip of claim 15 , wherein the notch has a right side, a left side and a front side, and the right side wall and the left side wall extend rearward of the front side of the notch.

18. The ski tip of claim 11 , wherein the right side wall is distanced from the left side wall so as to create a gap therebetween, the gap having a first dimension near the rear end of the body and a second dimension near the front end of the body such that the gap decreases from the rear end of the body to the front end of the body.

19. The ski tip of claim 11 , wherein the left top wall has a first width extending in a lateral direction of the ski tip between the left side wall and an inner lateral edge of the left top wall, and the right top wall has a second width extending in the lateral direction of the ski tip between the right side wall and an inner lateral edge of the right top wall suc

Assignees

• Bombardier Recreational Products Inc

Inventors

• Bedard Yvon
• Gagnon Pascal

Classifications

• B62M2027/025

  Snow mobiles characterised by the skis · CPC title

• B62B17/02

  Runners (attachable to or replacing vehicle wheels B62B19/00) · CPC title

• B62B13/00

  Sledges with runners (ice boats or sailing sledges B62B15/00) · CPC title

• A63C5/062

  Protection or reinforcement devices for the ski-tip or the ski rear end · CPC title

• B62M27/02 Primary

  power driven · CPC title