Patent ID: 8511234

Claim:
A snow sled towing device for towing one or more sleds up a slope from a starting position located towards the bottom of the slope to an arriving position located towards a top of the slope the device comprising: a tow cable extending continuously along a closed loop path between the starting position and the arriving position along the slope; tow cable pulleys located at the starting position and the arriving position upon which said cable is supported and driven; a drive motor operatively connected to one of said two cable pulleys and operating to rotatingly drive said pulley to drive said cable through said closed loop path; one or more tow hooks connected in series at spaced intervals to said tow cable for conjoint movement therewith; wherein said one or more tow hooks are configured substantially flush with said tow cable; and wherein said tow cable is comprised of multiple lengths that are spliced together by said one or more tow hooks forming said continuous closed loop.