Patent ID: 7806639

Claim:
An apparatus for loading and unloading a snowmobile having spaced apart skis wherein each ski includes a runner extending from a bottom surface of the ski or to provide traction for loading and unloading a vehicle with a plurality of tires onto a trailer, the trailer having a substantially flat load bearing surface that can be inclined or declined, the apparatus comprising: a base for attaching to the substantially flat load bearing surface of the trailer and wherein the base comprises an upper surface for loading and unloading the snowmobile by reducing friction between one of the spaced apart skis and the substantially flat load hearing surface of the trailer and a trailing edge for providing traction for loading and unloading the vehicle; and at least two bars extending from the upper surface of the base and wherein the at least two bars are substantially parallel such that the at least two bars and the upper surface of the base define a channel for accepting one of the runners of one of the spaced apart skis of the snowmobile to guide the snowmobile onto the trailer and wherein each of the bars has a flat top surface having an indentation comprising: a substantially vertical hack surface extending from the substantially flat top surface of the bar to a selected distance into the bar; a substantially horizontal bottom surface extending a selected distance from the substantially vertical surface; and a front surface extending from the substantially horizontal bottom surface to the substantially flat top surface of the bar.