Land vehicles – Runner vehicle – With occupant propelled means
Reexamination Certificate
2001-03-30
2003-01-28
Johnson, Brian L. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Runner vehicle
With occupant propelled means
C280S012100, C280S013000, C180S190000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06511079
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to convertible snow and dry land vehicle and more particularly pertains to a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus for providing a vehicle which can be used all year long.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of convertible snow and dry land vehicle is known in the prior art. More specifically, convertible snow and dry land vehicle heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,738,361; 1,221,898; 5,102,153; 5,423,559; 3,412,821; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 329,625 .
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus. The inventive device includes a frame including a front portion and a rear portion; and also includes a steering assembly being attached to the front portion of the frame; and further includes a seat mounted upon the rear portion of the frame; and also includes a drive assembly including axle members being attached to the frame and also including a ski assembly being removably mounted to the steering assembly and further including a track assembly being mounted to the axle members.
In these respects, the convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a vehicle which can be used all year long.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the, foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of convertible snow and dry land vehicle now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing a vehicle which can be used all year long.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which has many of the advantages of the convertible snow and dry land vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art convertible snow and dry land vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a frame including a front portion and a rear portion; and also includes a steering assembly being attached to the front portion of the frame; and further includes a seat mounted upon the rear portion of the frame; and also includes a drive assembly including axle members being attached to the frame and also including a ski assembly being removably mounted to the steering assembly and further including a track assembly being mounted to the axle members.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which has many of the advantages of the convertible snow and dry land vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art convertible snow and dry land vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus for providing a vehicle which can be used all year long.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus which includes a frame including a front portion and a rear portion; and also includes a steering assembly being attached to the front portion of the frame; and further includes a seat mounted upon the rear portion of the frame; and also includes a drive assembly including axle members being attached to the frame and also including a ski assembly being removably mounted to the steering assembly and further including a track assembly being mounted to the axle members.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus that is easy and convenient to use.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new convertible snow cycle/bicycle apparatus that provides for transportation on snow and ice as well as on dry land.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accomp
Johnson Brian L.
Phan Haij
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