Patent ID: 6824147
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B62B,B62K,B62M

Abstract:
A wheel unit mounting an a ski of a ski-mounting 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, said wheel unit comprising:wherein said a wheel assembly that includes a wheel rotatably mounted by means of a wheel spindle to a wheel-mounting bracket that provides eccentric rotation of said wheel assembly; a side-wall mounting means for mounting said wheel assembly on one of said two side walls; a wheel-deployment mechanism that links said wheel assembly with said side-wall mounting means; and a wheel-deployment actuating mechanism that forces said wheel assembly to eccentrically shift about said wheel-deployment mechanism, shifting said wheel between a deployed-wheel position and a retracted-wheel position.