US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on Jan. 28 for "Snow vehicle" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,856, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Snow vehicle" was invented by David L. Vigen (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a snow vehicle including an engine mounted on a frame, a drive track in contact with the frame, a drive train operatively interconnecting the engine with the drive track for delivering propulsive power to the drive track, a fork connected to the frame, one or more skis connected to the fork, a drop fork component positioned between a fork and handlebars, and an exhaust system. The drive train includes a ...