ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,486, issued on June 10, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"Snow vehicle" was invented by Michael Fuchs (Medina, Minn.) and Cody Telford (Sandpoint, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow vehicle includes a frame comprising an upper frame portion and a lower frame portion, a handlebar comprising a handlebar axis, said handlebar coupled to said upper frame portion and said lower frame portion and a tunnel comprising having a driven track shaft and a track rotatably coupled to the driven track shaft within the tunnel. A two-stroke engine includes a crankshaft and a tuned pipe coupled to the engine. The engine...