Patent ID: 6129408
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A cover for a snowmobile in combination with the snowmobile, with the snowmobile comprising a body, a pair of skis, handlebars to steer the skis, and a belt for biting into snow, with the snowmobile further comprising a length and a width, with the length being defined by a distance between a tip of a ski and a rear end of the body, with the cover comprising:a) sheeting having a length and a width, with the length and width of the sheeting being at least the length and width of the snowmobile such that the snowmobile is generally entirely covered by the sheeting;b) with the sheeting being resistant to the leakage of water therethrough such that, when the cover is on the snowmobile, the cover instead of the snowmobile accumulates water, snow, ice and dirt; andc) with at least a section of the sheeting being convertible from a cover form into a form of a receptacle, with the section of the sheeting being resistant to the leakage of water therethrough such that, as the section takes the form of the receptacle and as other portions of the cover are tucked into the receptacle, the water, snow, ice and dirt of the cover are collected in the receptacle to be disposed of at a proper time and place instead of being permitted to run off to soil an undesirable location.