US Patent Issued to POLARIS INDUSTRIES on April 29 for "Snowmobile" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,193, issued on April 29, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).

"Snowmobile" was invented by Matthew J. Prusak (Salol, Minn.), Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Dean A. Wensloff (Roseau, Minn.), Jeffrey A. Eaton (Roseau, Minn.) and Joseph P. Wood (Forest Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is provided and includes a frame including a tunnel and a front portion, an endless track at least partially positioned within the tunnel, a ski supporting the front portion of the frame, a spindle coupled to the ski, and a front suspension coupled to the spindle. The ski defines a central plane extending vertica...