Patent ID: 6527282
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B62K,B62M

Abstract:
A wheel kit for adapting a conventional ski from a ski-supported vehicle to a wheeled unit, wherein said ski has a gliding surface, an inner bottom surface, sidewalls that extend upward from said inner bottom surface, and kingpin mounting holes in said side walls for receiving a kingpin that links said ski to said ski-supported vehicle, said kit comprising:a modified kingpin having two ends; a frame; a wheel-mounting bracket; and a wheel, wherein said modified kingpin is adapted to receive said wheel-mounting bracket and is mountable in said kingpin mounting holes and said wheel-mounting bracket is fixedly mountable on an end of said modified kingpin, wherein said frame is pivotably attached to said wheel-mounting bracket and said wheel is eccentrically mounted on said wheel-mounting bracket, and wherein said wheel-mounting bracket is rotatable into a wheel-deployed position and a wheel-retracted position.