ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,721, issued on June 17, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).
"Snow vehicle" was invented by Allen M. Mangum (Sandpoint, Idaho), Cody L. Telford (Sandpoint, Idaho) and Justin R. York (Cocalalla, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a rear suspension. The rear suspension includes a rear suspension frame, a drive belt coupled to the rear suspension frame, a propulsion driven member coupled to the belt and drivingly coupled to the propulsion drive member, a linear element coupling the propulsion drive member and the propulsion driven member, and a guide positioned below a lo...