Patent ID: 6068432
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A snowmobile ski clamp for clamping one or more skis of a snowmobile to a trailer having a floor comprising, in combination:a) a base having a pair of spaced apart first and second portions, with the base being engagable to the floor of the trailer, with the first and second portions being spaced apart by a sufficient distance to permit at least one of the skis of the snowmobile to pass therebetween;b) a swinging member comprising a first arm section swingably engaged to the first portion of the base and a second arm section swingably and removably engaged to the second portion of the base, wherein the swinging member includes a first closed position where the second arm section is engaged to the second portion of the base with at least one ski of the snowmobile being clamped between the base and the swinging member, and wherein the swinging member includes a second open position where the swinging member is swung to an out of the way position when the second arm section is disengaged from the second portion of the base whereby the snowmobile may be driven in one direction up to and on the base such as prior to transport, clamped to the clamp during transport, and then driven off the base in the same direction when the swinging member is again swung to the out of the way position; andc) wherein the swinging member further comprises a third arm section, with the third arm section being engaged between the first and second arm sections and with the third arm section being swingably engaged to each of the first and second arm sections whereby the third arm section draws the first and second arm sections towards and away from each other so as to tighten and loosen the clamp.