Patent ID: 6932359
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: B62B,B62K,B62M

Abstract:
1. A wheel unit mountable on a ski of a ski-mounted vehicle, said ski having a gliding surface for traveling over a ground surface and two side walls, a first side wall and a second side wall, that extend upward from said gliding surface and lengthwise along at least a portion of said ski, and kingpin mounting holes, one in each of said side walls for receiving a kingpin that is used to link said ski with said ski-mounted vehicle, said wheel unit comprising: a kingpin mountable in said kingpin-mounting holes, said kingpin having a kingpin-end that extends through a respective one of said kingpin-mounting holes to an outside of said first side wall; a wheel-deployment device having a rail and a latching mechanism; and a wheel assembly that includes an eccentrically mounted wheel, wherein said wheel assembly is rotatably mountable on said kingpin end and shiftably linked to said rail.