ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,175, issued on April 29, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Snowmobile" was invented by Michael A. Hedlund (Roseau, Minn.), Michael L Fugleberg (Wyoming, Minn.), Matthew J. Prusak (Salol, Minn.) and Jeffrey A Eaton (Roseau, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snowmobile includes a chassis comprising a bulkhead and a tunnel, a front suspension coupled to bulkhead, a rear suspension coupled to the tunnel, and slide rails coupled to the rear suspension."

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2022, under Application No. 17/975,082.

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