Patent ID: 6929267

Claim:
An apparatus for forming a snow scooter by attachment of the apparatus to a snowboard having front and rear portions and a middle portion between the front and rear portions onto which middle portion a rider is positioned during use of the snow scooter, said apparatus in a condition of its being attached to the snowboard such as aforesaid comprising: a movable member located above the snowboard and movable by the rider back and forth along a movement path relative to the snowboard, and a motion transmitting mechanism operable between the movable member and the rear portion of the snowboard for twisting the rear portion of the snowboard back and forth, about an axis extending longitudinally of the snowboard, relative to the front portion of the snowboard in response to said back and forth movement of the movable member by the rider along said movement path, the motion transmitting mechanism including a front plate assembly attached to the front portion of the snowboard, a rear plate assembly attached to the rear portion of the snowboard, and a torque transmitting assembly extending longitudinally of the snowboard between the front plate assembly and the rear plate assembly, the torque transmitting assembly having a rear end fixed torsionally to the rear plate assembly and having a front end rotatable relative to the front plate assembly, and means for transferring the back and forth movement of the movable member to the front end of the torque transmitting assembly as torsional movement of the front end of the torque transmitting assembly, the torsional movement being transmitted through the torque transmitting assembly to the rear plate assembly so as to cause the twisting of the rear portion of the snowboard relative to the front portion of the snowboard.