US Patent Issued to Arctic Cat on Jan. 28 for "Snowmobile frame" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,854, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

"Snowmobile frame" was invented by David Vigen (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Todd MacDonald (Montague, Canada), Benjamin Taylor Langaas (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Marcus Moldaschel (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Samuel J. Sandoz (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Jacob Tyler Crosby (Oklee, Minn.) and Andrew Beavis (Thief River Falls, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling two snowmobiles with a common frame includes providing a common forward frame. A first common component is provided and positioned at a first orientation or at a second ori...