Patent ID: 7413197

Claim:
A ski for a snow vehicle, the ski comprising a ski body having a generally horizontal bottom surface that contacts the snow when the ski is in use, a ski mounting bracket located on a top side of the ski body, the ski mounting bracket defining at least in part a bracket pivot point wherein the ski pivots about the ski mounting bracket, a wear bar disposed on the bottom side of the ski body, at least one glide member also disposed on the bottom side of the ski member, and a keel, the glide member being positioned at least as low as the lowest most part of the wear bar, the glide member being wider than a portion of the wear bar next to the glide member, the entire glide member being disposed either forward or rearward of the bracket pivot point, at least a portion of the glide member having a width generally as wide as the width of an adjacent portion of the keel and extending beyond the width of the wear bar.