Patent ID: 6241296
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B60D

Abstract:
A unit for extricating a snowmobile bogged in snow comprising:a stretchable cord;first and second implements joined to said stretchable cord at positions spaced from one another;a flexible jacket of corrugated tubing around but unconnected to said stretchable cord and intermediate said first and second implements, said jacket being relatively more rigid than said stretchable cord, of a length nearly equal to said stretchable cord between said implements when said stretchable cord is unstretched, and terminating at open ends; andfirst and second relatively rigid collars at said positions of said first and second implements, respectively, said collars covering said positions and adjoining parts of said implements and having diameters selected for slidable movement out of and into correspondence with said open ends of said jacket when said stretchable cord is stretched and relaxed, respectively;whereby in use said stretchable cord is anchorable by said implements but said flexible jacket remains unanchored.