Patent ID: 6889987

Claim:
Apparatus for supporting a rear end of a drive track of a snowmobile above a ground surface, said apparatus comprising: a support stand mounted on said snowmobile, said support stand having two side arms; a rolling means mounted on said support stand; and a deployment means linked with said two side arms for simultaneously releasing said two side arms from a deployed position, wherein said deployment means includes a deployment cable, a mounting bracket, and a link with a guide groove having a deployed-position catch, wherein said mounting bracket is fixedly mounted on said snowmobile and said link is pivotably connected at one end to said mounting bracket and slidably connected to said support stand by means of a fastener that has a first end that is attached to said support stand and a second end that is slidably captured in said guide groove, and wherein said fastener is restrainable in said deployed-position catch when said device is deployed and released from said deployed-position by a pull on said deployment cable.